The Carpet Merchant Jean Leon Gerome

Schooled at the ecole des beaux arts and honored by the french salon jean léon gérôme was a prolific and popular artist.

The carpet merchant jean leon gerome. His paintings were so widely reproduced that he was arguably the world s most famous living artist by 1880. Oil on canvas 31 7 8 x 22 in. Jean léon gérôme born may 11 1824 vesoul france died jan. A collection of 231 paintings hd description.

Jean léon gérôme french 1824 1904. The carpet merchant by jean léon gérôme leading the revival of realism in the visual arts the art renewal center arc a 501 c 3 non profit educational foundation hosts the largest online museum dedicated to realist art only and includes works by the old masters 19th century and contemporary realists as well as articles letters and other online resources. Brooklyn museum gift of joseph gluck 74 208 photo. He was also a teacher with a long list of.

The carpet merchant of cairo 1869. Like delacroix he traveled extensively in north africa and the middle east. Like delacroix he traveled extensively in north. Jean léon gérôme was a french painter and sculptor in the style now known as academicism.

10 1904 paris painter. 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 of cairo was created in c 1869 by jean leon gerome in orientalism style. He is considered one of the most important painters from this academic period.

Jean léon gérôme s the carpet merchant 1887 in july of 1798 napoleon marched into egypt and defeated the turks at the battle of the pyramids weakening past breaking point the waning ottoman empire. The carpet merchant was created in 1887 by jean leon gerome in orientalism style. 81 x 55 9 cm.