| Description |
352 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm |
| Note |
Translation of: La vie et l'œuvre de Jean-Léon Gérôme. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 342-343. |
| Note |
Includes indexes. |
| Contents |
The life and work of Gerome. 1824-40: Childhood ; 1840-43: In Paris with Delaroche ; 1843:44: An interlude in Rome ; 1845-47: A career starts ; 1848-56: Gérôme establishes his reputation ; 1857-61: Gérôme at the height of his career and powers ; 1862-67: Gérôme marries and settles down ; 1868-69: Gérôme at the end of the Second Empire ; Gérôme's personal position and public reputation ; 1870-74: The war of 1870 and the years following ; 1875-85: Gérôme reclaims his position ; Gérôme as a representative of his profession ; 1886-89: Gérôme's old age ; Active to the end - Gérôme in the 1890s ; 1900-4: The last years ; Theory and practice ; Gérôme at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts: on the faculty ; Gérôme at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts: in the atelier -- The catalogue. Paintings ; Watercolours ; Etchings and other prints ; Sculptures. |
| Subject |
Gérôme, Jean Léon, 1824-1904.
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Painters -- France -- Biography.
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Gérôme, Jean Léon, 1824-1904 -- Catalogues raisonnés.
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Exoticism in art -- France -- Catalogs.
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| Indexed Term |
French paintings Gérôme, Jean-Léon, 1824-1604 |
| Added Author |
Gérôme, Jean Léon, 1824-1904.
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| Added Title |
Vie et l'œuvre de Jean-Léon Gérôme. English
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| ISBN |
0856673110 |
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9780856673115 |
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