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Jean-Léon Gérôme

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Jean-Léon Gérôme was a French artist born on May 11, 1824. Gérôme contributed to the Academic and Orientalist movements and died on January 10, 1904. Get notified when Jean-Léon Gérôme's biography is complete:

The Duel After the Masquerade

1857-1859

Prayer in the Mosque of Amr

1871

Pollice Verso

1872

The Snake Charmer

1879

Pygmalion and Galatea

1890
Portrait of Cristóbal Rojas Poleo

Cristóbal Rojas Poleo

A childhood introduction to death leads to success, at a price

1857-1890
Portrait of Lawrence Alma-Tadema

Lawrence Alma-Tadema

The worst painter of the 19th century

1836-1912
Portrait of Marie Bashkirtseff

Marie Bashkirtseff

"To live so filled with ambition, and at the end, oblivion!"

1858-1884
Portrait of Eugène Delacroix

Eugène Delacroix

Drama, movement and a search for the exotic

1798-1863

Augustus Osborne Lamplough

The poetry of sand and sun

1877-1930

Ludwig Deutsch

Capturing details from 2000 miles away

1855-1935
18012000
Love animals, wear pants, live without compromise
Rosa Bonheur
Favorite of the salon, a classical painter with an erotic edge
Alexandre Cabanel Jean-Léon Gérôme
The Forgotten Master
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Sculptor turned poet, Pre-Raphaelite turned Neoclassicist
Thomas Woolner

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