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Jean-Léon Gérôme Art

French, 1824-1904

One of the most prominent French Academic painters of the 19th century, Jean-Léon Gérôme is today credited with fashioning an entirely new artistic ideology. One of the originators of the Orientalist style, Gérôme was also a stalwart defender of Academic painting, which was waning under the rise of realism and Impressionism. Inspired by the year he spent in Rome with Paul Delaroche in 1834, he developed an insatiable appetite for traveling, and throughout his career, he traveled widely in Turkey, Egypt, and North Africa. His years exploring the Near East inspired his greatest Orientalist works, his Moorish and Turkish bath scenes.

A sculptor as well as a painter, Gérôme’s female figures have the same classical precision of Ingres but are executed with a more pronounced sensuality and realism. Enjoying great popularity and success during his lifetime, he was actively courted and patronized by private collectors and nobility. Today, the majority of Gérôme's works are held in major museums, with very few remaining in private hands.

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(Biography provided by M.S. Rau)

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Jean-Léon Gérôme La Danseuse au Cerceau - Gilt Bronze Statue of a Hoop Dancer
By Jean-Léon Gérôme
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Léon Gérôme French 1824 - 1904 La Joueuse De Cerceau - The Hoop Dancer A mini gilt bronze female figural statue of a young hoop dancer inspired by a trove of ancient terraco...
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19th Century Academic Jean-Léon Gérôme Art

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"Afternoon Along the Nile"
By Jean-Léon Gérôme
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19th Century Realist Jean-Léon Gérôme Art

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Apple Dancer
By Jean-Léon Gérôme
Located in PARIS, FR
Apple Dancer by Jean-Léon GEROME (1824-1904) Bronze sculpture with a dual patina, brown and gilded signed on the base "JL. GEROME" cast by "Siot-Decauville Fondeur Paris" (foundry s...
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1890s Art Nouveau Jean-Léon Gérôme Art

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Bronze

César franchissant le Rubicon
By Jean-Léon Gérôme
Located in PARIS, FR
"Caesar crossing the Rubicon" by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904) Bronze with triple patina, gilded, brown and dark brown Cast by SIOT France circa 1900 height 38 cm length of the bas...
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Early 20th Century French School Jean-Léon Gérôme Art

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Landscape - Etching by Jean-Léon Gérome - 19th Century
By Jean-Léon Gérôme
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a drawing realized by Jean-Léon Gérome (1824-1904). Good condition on a yellowed pper, included a white cardboard passpartout (37.5x55 cm). Stamp signed on the back of the little paper. Jean-Léon Gérôme (11 May 1824 – 10 January 1904) was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as academicism. His paintings were so widely reproduced that he was "arguably the world's most famous living...
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19th Century Modern Jean-Léon Gérôme Art

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Jean-Léon Gérôme (French, 1824-1904) A Rare Gilt bronze Bust of Jesus
By Jean-Léon Gérôme
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904) A Rare Antique gilt bronze bust of Jesus French Signed J.L. Gerome  Siot-Decauville Paris foundry mark 23”H x 16"W x 10" D
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19th Century Jean-Léon Gérôme Art

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Hoop Player
By Jean-Léon Gérôme
Located in PARIS, FR
Hoop Player by Jean-Léon GEROME (1824-1904) Bronze with gilded patina Signed on the base " JL.GEROME " Cast by " Siot-Decauville Fondeur Paris " (with the foundry stamp) Presented o...
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Jean-Léon Gérôme Art

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Jean Leon Gerome Plaudite Cives Bronze sculpture
By Jean-Léon Gérôme
Located in Dallas, TX
Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824 - 1904) FRENCH BELLUAIRE OR PLAUDITE CIVES. This sculpture shows the scene of a Roman coliseum where a gladiator just finished his battle with a large lion. ...
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19th Century French Ormolu Sculpture of a Baccante, by Jean-Léon Gérôme
By Jean-Léon Gérôme
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A gorgeous 19th century French ormolu sculpture of a Baccante, by Jean-Léon Gérôme. This incredible sculpture is by Jean-Léon Gérôme (French, 1824-1904), one of the most famous and i...
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1890s French Classical Greek Antique Jean-Léon Gérôme Art

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