Jean-Léon Gérôme

French painter and sculptor (1824–1904)

† 1904 · Artists · Painter in the permanent collections of Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Musée d'Orsay, National Gallery, Louvre Museum, National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, J. Paul Getty Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Boston; cross-wiki notability: 56 language Wikipedias

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Metropolitan Museum of Art · Art Institute of Chicago · Musée d'Orsay · National Gallery · Louvre Museum · National Gallery of Art · Smithsonian American Art Museum · Los Angeles County Museum of Art · J. Paul Getty Museum · Philadelphia Museum of Art · Cleveland Museum of Art · Museum of Fine Arts Boston

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Life

Jean-Léon Gérôme was born on May 11, 1824 in Vesoul and died on January 10, 1904 in 9th arrondissement of Paris, aged 79. Recorded occupations: painter, sculptor, teacher, graphic artist, architectural drafter and porcelain painter. Country of citizenship: France. Associated movements: academic art, Neo-Grec, Orientalism and neo-Pompeian. Fields of work: painting and visual arts. Notable works include “The Slave Market”, “Pollice Verso”, “Phryne before the Areopagus”, “Truth Coming Out of Her Well”, “Bonaparte Before the Sphinx” and “Cleopatra and Caesar”. Educated at Beaux-Arts de Paris and College Gérôme. Honours include Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, Order of the Red Eagle and Knight of the Order of Leopold. Member of Académie des beaux-arts, Ligue de la Patrie Française‏, Royal Academy of Arts and Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts.

At a glance

Born: May 11, 1824 · Vesoul
Died: January 10, 1904 · 9th arrondissement of Paris
Age at death: 79
Citizenship: France
Occupations: painter, sculptor, teacher, graphic artist, architectural drafter, porcelain painter
Movements: academic art, Neo-Grec, Orientalism, neo-Pompeian
Notable works: The Slave Market, Pollice Verso, Phryne before the Areopagus, Truth Coming Out of Her Well, Bonaparte Before the Sphinx, Cleopatra and Caesar
Education: Beaux-Arts de Paris, College Gérôme
Honours: Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, Order of the Red Eagle, Knight of the Order of Leopold
Wikipedia editions: 56 languages
Signature licence: CC0

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