The Carpet Merchant Gerome

A considerable down payment enabled gérôme to travel and research first in 1853 to constantinople together with the actor edmond got and in 1854 to greece and turkey and the shores of the danube where he was present at a concert of russian conscripts making music under the threat of a lash.

The carpet merchant gerome. Produced in around 1887 the carpet merchant portrays a scene in the cairo markets which jean léon gérôme had visited two years prior as part of his travels through the middle east and africa. Several men who are affluent in their attire inspect a large rug hanging from a balcony. This giclée print delivers a vivid image with maximum color accuracy and exceptional resolution. Schooled at the ecole des beaux arts and honored by the french salon jean léon gérôme was a prolific and popular artist.

We only use the best oil paint and the finest canvas to ensure the most vivid color. The carpet merchant depicts the court of the rug market in cairo which gérôme had visited in 1885. Schooled at the ecole des beaux arts and honored by the french salon jean léon gérôme was a prolific and popular artist. He was also a teacher with a long list of.

Like delacroix he traveled extensively in north africa and the middle east. With his masterpiece the carpet trader jean leon gerome opens a window on the carpet market in cairo as he experienced during his orient trip in the 1880s. The carpet merchant was created in 1887 by jean leon gerome in orientalism style. 81 x 55 9 cm.

The carpet merchant of cairo 1869. You can order paintings and frames online. Much like eugène delacroix the traveling informed much of gérôme s work on the orientalist genre and this piece is a beautiful example of that influence. Jean léon gérôme french 1824 1904.

Brooklyn museum gift of joseph gluck 74 208 photo. Minneapolis institute of artminneapolis united states. Our artists focus on every detail in the painting giving each painting its unique charm in the most loyal way ensuring our confidence in the durability and eternal quality of the artwork. The carpet merchant c oil on canvas gerome jean leon minneapolis institute of arts mn usa the william hood dunwoody fund bridgeman images.

Oil on canvas 31 7 8 x 22 in. The range of his oeuvre included historical painting greek mythology orientalism portraits and other subjects bringing the academic painting tradition to an artistic climax. The carpet merchant by leon gerome is a hand painted oil painting on canvas. The standard for museums and galleries around the world giclée is a printing process where millions of ink droplets are sprayed onto high quality paper.