Award
Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour
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Jean-Léon Gérôme
1824-05-11 – 1904-01-10
Life & Legacy
Jean-Léon Gérôme (French: [ʒɑ̃leɔ̃ ʒeʁom]; 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 artist by 1880." The range of his works includes historical paintings, Greek mythology, Orientalism, portraits, and other subjects. Gérôme is considered among the most important painters from the academic period and was, with Meissonier and Cabanel, one of "the three most successful artists of the Second Empire".
He was also a teacher with a long list of students, including Mary Cassatt, Thomas Eakins, Edwin Lord Weeks and Osman Hamdi Bey, among others.
Occupation & Career
painter, sculptor, teacher, graphic artist, architectural drafter, porcelain painter, visual artist
Education
Beaux-Arts de Paris; College Gérôme
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour; Order of the Red Eagle; Knight of the Order of Leopold; The Slave Market; Pollice Verso; Phryne before the Areopagus; Truth Coming Out of Her Well; Bonaparte Before the Sphinx; Cleopatra and Caesar; Young Greeks Attending a Cock Fight; Pygmalion and Galatea by Jean-Léon Gérôme; Slave Market in Rome
Legacy Highlights
Honors & Awards
Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour · Knight of the Order of Leopold · Order of the Red Eagle
Employer
Beaux-Arts de Paris
Organizations & Memberships
Académie des beaux-arts · American Academy of Arts and Sciences · Ligue de la Patrie Française · Royal Academy of Arts · Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts · Société des peintres orientalistes français
Notable Work
Bonaparte Before the Sphinx · Cleopatra and Caesar · Phryne before the Areopagus · Pollice Verso · Pygmalion and Galatea by Jean-Léon Gérôme · Slave Market in Rome · The Slave Market · Truth Coming Out of Her Well · Young Greeks Attending a Cock Fight
Education & Institutions
Beaux-Arts de Paris · College Gérôme
Verified Legacy Record
Award
Order of the Red Eagle
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q212499 · wikidata
Award
Knight of the Order of Leopold
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q212499 · wikidata
Family Sibling
Claude-Armand Gérôme
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q212499 · wikidata
Family Spouse
Marie Goupil
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q212499 · wikidata
Notable Work
The Slave Market
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q212499 · wikidata
Notable Work
Pollice Verso
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q212499 · wikidata
Notable Work
Phryne before the Areopagus
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q212499 · wikidata
Notable Work
Truth Coming Out of Her Well
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q212499 · wikidata
Notable Work
Bonaparte Before the Sphinx
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q212499 · wikidata
Notable Work
Cleopatra and Caesar
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q212499 · wikidata
Notable Work
Young Greeks Attending a Cock Fight
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q212499 · wikidata
Notable Work
Pygmalion and Galatea by Jean-Léon Gérôme
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q212499 · wikidata
Notable Work
Slave Market in Rome
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q212499 · wikidata
Sources & Provenance
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