Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. The afterlife of paintings — what happens to them and whose hands they ...

Born on May 11, 1824, in Vesoul, France, Jean-Léon Gérôme was the son of Pierre Gérôme, a goldsmith, and Mélanie Vuillemot, daughter of a merchant. From an early age, he showed a strong inclination ...

In the late 19th century, “there was not a house in France that did not have a print by Jean-Léon Gérôme,” said Katharine Albritton in The Art Newspaper. Yet “while Gérôme was popular in his time,” ...

An October art exhibit at the William King Museum of Art will take a closer look at the a man commonly referred to as the father of the nation. As commander in chief, George Washington led the ...

NEW YORK, April 25 -- If you want to see the painting that helped inspire the Oscar-winning movie "Gladiator" it is on display at a midtown gallery along with other works by the French 19th Century ...

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REEL 2669: Biographical information; notes; correspondence; other correspondence and legal documents regarding the acquisition by the Smithsonian Institution of Ferris's collection of historical ...

Qatar Museums (QM) announced Wednesday a thought-provoking exhibition on the art and legacy of the French painter and sculptor Jean-Leon Gerome (1824-1904), marking the 200th anniversary of the artist ...

Did "kitsch" as we understand it today — ingratiating, death-denying sentimentality and tendentiousness — exist in the late 19th century? Sure. It was born then. In art, it went by names like ...

This touring exhibition traces how a small group of rebels evolved into the artists who would redefine museum culture and public expectations of art. For The Exceptional Sale, to be held in Paris on ...