Monday, November 11, 2024

Jean-Léon Gérôme
(1824 - 1904)
 
Jean-Léon Gérôme 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. He is considered one of the most important painters from the academic period. He was also a teacher with a long list of students. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Léon_Gérôme


The Carpet Merchant
c. 1887
Oil on canvas
86 x 68 cm
Minneapolis Institute of Arts (Minneapolis, MN, USA)
https://collections.artsmia.org/art/10361/the-carpet-merchant-jean-leon-gerome
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