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My knowledge of art can be sketchy. I once remarked to one of Picasso’s grandsons that his gramps painted in such a “pretty blue” as we both looked on at a canvas from a certain Period. I didn’t know ...

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,” ...

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 ...

The work, painted in about 1560, had not been seen on the market in some 30 years. It went to a private European collector bidding by phone, selling within the $15-20 million pre-sale estimate.

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Artibus et Historiae, Vol. 30, No. 59 (2009), pp. 145-158 (14 pages) The article explores the importance of different art media in Jean-Léon Gerôme's work by interrogating the connections between ...

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 ...

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 ...