Jean-leon Gerome - Short List Of Works
Posted on February 23, 2008 - Filed Under Arts and Entertainment
Jean-Leon Gerome was born in 1824 and he died in 1904. He became a celebrated painter, against the wishes of his father, who was a goldsmith. He was able to generate a sufficient income by painting religious cards and selling them at churches, while he was studying. He received a large commission from the French government in 1840 to paint the “Age of Augustus” and in order to prepare for the painting, he traveled widely to the near east and middle east. On these trips he learned to paint the detail and capture the essences of other cultures. He also learned to speak different languages.
His paintings were often melodramatic, mythical and sometimes erotic, with painstaking details. His later years were dedicated to producing sculptures and teaching students the principles that he had gathered in his lifetime. He was even appointed professor of the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, where his teaching and tutoring skills were much loved and appreciated.
The following is a short list of his paintings.
1857 Camels at the Trough
1859 King Candaules
1861 Phryne before the Areopagus
1864 The Reception of the Siamese Ambassadors at Fontainebleau
1869 Pelt Merchant of Cairo
1870 Almehs Playing Chess in a Cafe
1870 Arabs Crossing The Desert
1870 Interior of a Mosque
1870 Public Prayer in the Mosque of Amr, Cairo
1870 The Guardian of the Seraglio
1871 A Street Scene in Cairo
1872 In the Desert
1872 Thumbs Down
1873 The Grey Cardinal
1874 Markos Botsaris
1880 The Serpent Charmer
1883 The Christian Martyrs’ Last Prayer
1885 Pyrrhic Dance
1889 Nude Woman
These are not a complete listing but a few of the works that hang in galleries around the world. It would be almost impossible to purchase any of theses works for home or office display. Many of them are quite large and would be out of place in an ordinary house today. Many of these works can be appreciated in smaller format. However, there are ways of appreciating Jean-Leon Gerome, like purchasing prints or cards.
For more information on some of the old masters go to http://uniquevintageprints.googlepages.com
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