Jean Leon Gerome French
1824-1904
Jean Leon Gerome Galleries
French painter, sculptor, and teacher. Son of a goldsmith, he studied in Paris and painted melodramatic and often erotic historical and mythological compositions, excelling as a draftsman in the linear style of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. His best-known works are scenes inspired by several visits to Egypt. In his later years he produced mostly sculpture. He exerted much influence as a teacher at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts; his pupils included Odilon Redon and Thomas Eakins. A staunch defender of the academic tradition, he tried in 1893 to block the government acceptance of the Impressionist works bequeathed by Gustave Caillebotte.
Jean Leon Gerome Sketch for the Excursion of the Harem 1869
Catalogue #188 B
Oil sketch
81 x 137 cm
Recreation in a Russian Camp 1855
Catalogue #66
59 x 101 cm (23.25 x 40 inches)
Collection of Edward T. Wilson,
Fund for Fine Arts, Chevy Chase, Maryland Painting ID:: 1451
Jean Leon Gerome Recreation in a Russian Camp 1855
Catalogue #66
59 x 101 cm (23.25 x 40 inches)
Collection of Edward T. Wilson,
Fund for Fine Arts, Chevy Chase, Maryland
Portrait of a Young Boy Diameter: 38 cm (15 inches)
Private collection Painting ID:: 1453
French
1824-1904
Jean Leon Gerome Galleries
French painter, sculptor, and teacher. Son of a goldsmith, he studied in Paris and painted melodramatic and often erotic historical and mythological compositions, excelling as a draftsman in the linear style of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. His best-known works are scenes inspired by several visits to Egypt. In his later years he produced mostly sculpture. He exerted much influence as a teacher at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts; his pupils included Odilon Redon and Thomas Eakins. A staunch defender of the academic tradition, he tried in 1893 to block the government acceptance of the Impressionist works bequeathed by Gustave Caillebotte.