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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,” ...

The title sentence is a charming English euphemism, usually used to apologize for one’s imminent departure or absence—generally to conceal one’s true purpose, such as going to use the toilet or going ...

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The French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme was fascinated by Egypt and the Middle East, and the paintings he produced of the region marry a precise academic realism with a hefty dose of Orientalist fantasy.

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 ...

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

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 ...