Jean-Léon Gérôme

1824–1904 · Realism & Academic

Biography

Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904) was a leading French academic painter and sculptor, famous for his meticulous scenes of ancient history and the Orient. As a teacher at the École des Beaux-Arts, he trained hundreds of artists.

Paintings in this gallery (2)

Pollice Verso

Jean-Léon Gérôme · 1872

The Snake Charmer

Jean-Léon Gérôme · c. 1879

Famous works elsewhere

The Slave Market 1866
Phryne before the Areopagus 1861
Truth Coming Out of Her Well 1896
Bonaparte Before the Sphinx 1867
Cleopatra and Caesar 1866
Young Greeks Attending a Cock Fight 1846