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Jean Leon Gerome
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1846,_Salon_of_1847._4'_81/4"_x_6'_8_1/4"_(_143_x_204_cm_).
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Young Greeks at a Cockfight
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| 1846, Salon of 1847. 4' 81/4" x 6' 8 1/4" ( 143 x 204 cm ). |
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French
1824-1904
Jean Leon Gerome Galleries
French painter, sculptor, and teacher. Son of a goldsmith, he studied in Paris and painted melodramatic and often erotic historical and mythological compositions, excelling as a draftsman in the linear style of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. His best-known works are scenes inspired by several visits to Egypt. In his later years he produced mostly sculpture. He exerted much influence as a teacher at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts; his pupils included Odilon Redon and Thomas Eakins. A staunch defender of the academic tradition, he tried in 1893 to block the government acceptance of the Impressionist works bequeathed by Gustave Caillebotte.
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