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.
Related Paintings of Jean Leon Gerome :. | Julius Caesar and Staff | Black Bashi-Bazouk | pbryne before tbe judges | The Landing of William Penn | Le Bain de Vapeur (mk32) | Related Artists: Jacek Mierzejewski painted Polonia in 1915 Frans van Mieris Dutch Baroque Era Painter, 1635-1681 STROZZI, Bernardo Italian Baroque Era Painter, 1581-ca.1644