The range of his oeuvre included historical painting, Greek mythology, Orientalism, portraits, and other subjects, bringing the academic painting tradition to an artistic climax.
He is considered one of the most important painters from this academic period.
He was also a teacher with a long list of students who later became famous.
Jean-Léon Gérôme lived from May 11th, 1824 to January 10th, 1904. He was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as academicism.
Jean-Léon Gérôme was born in Vesoul, Haute-Saône, a region in Eastern France.
In 1840, when he was 16 years old, he went to Paris. There he studied under Paul Delaroche, whom he accompanied to Italy in 1843.

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