Jean-Léon Gérôme Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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)
19th Century Modern Jean-Léon Gérôme Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
1950s American Modern Jean-Léon Gérôme Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Chalk, Pencil, Color Pencil
1960s Modern Jean-Léon Gérôme Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil, Paper
1960s American Modern Jean-Léon Gérôme Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
1950s American Modern Jean-Léon Gérôme Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Graphite, Archival Paper, Color Pencil
1960s American Modern Jean-Léon Gérôme Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
1940s Modern Jean-Léon Gérôme Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Charcoal, Carbon Pencil
1910s American Modern Jean-Léon Gérôme Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Graphite, Watercolor
Late 20th Century Modern Jean-Léon Gérôme Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal, Carbon Pencil, Paper
1960s American Modern Jean-Léon Gérôme Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
1970s American Modern Jean-Léon Gérôme Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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1950s American Modern Jean-Léon Gérôme Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Graphite, Watercolor
1920s American Modern Jean-Léon Gérôme Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Graphite
19th Century Modern Jean-Léon Gérôme Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
19th Century Modern Jean-Léon Gérôme Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
19th Century Academic Jean-Léon Gérôme Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Crayon
19th Century Jean-Léon Gérôme Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil