Jean Leon Gerome
French
1824-1904
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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.
Related Paintings of Jean Leon Gerome :. | Harem Pool | Franklins Return to Philadelphia | Egyptian water carrier | Study of a Dog | Unfolding the Holy Flag | Related Artists: Lodovico MazzolinoItalian High Renaissance Painter, 1480-1528 VERMEER VAN DELFT, JanDutch Baroque Era Painter, 1632-1675 Attilio SimonettiItalian, 1843-1925
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