Jean-Léon Gérôme
French painter and sculptor (1824–1904)
Jean-Léon Gérôme (11 May 1824 – 10 January 1904) was a French painter and sculptor. Today he is mostly known for painting people in historical settings.
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Summer Afternoon on a Lake, ca. 1895
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Diogenes (1860), Walters Art Museum
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Reception of Le Grand Condé at Versailles (1878)
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On the Desert. The Walters Art Museum
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Harem baths
Jean-Léon Gérôme | |
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Born | Vesoul, Haute-Saône, France | 11 May 1824
Died | 10 January 1904 Paris, France | (aged 79)
Nationality | French |
Education | Paul Delaroche, Charles Gleyre |
Known for | Painting, Sculpture |
Movement | Orientalism |