Jean Léon Gérôme

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Style: Academicism; Orientalism;

Place: Vesoul

Born: 1824

Death: 1904

Biography:

Jean-Léon Gérôme (11 May 1824 – 10 January 1904) was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as academicism. The range of his oeuvre included historical painting, Greek mythology, Orientalism, portraits, and other subjects, bringing the academic painting tradition to an artistic climax. He is considered one of the most important painte...

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