Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904) was a French painter and sculptor who participated in the Orientalist school of painting. Some of his most well-known works include his decoration of the Chapel of St. Jerome in the church of St. Séverin in Paris (1854), the mural The Age of Augustus, the Birth of Christ (1852-1854), Ave Caesar! Morituri te Salutant (1859), Phryne revealed before the Areopagus (1861), Napoleon in Egypt (c. 1863), The Standing Bearer, Unfolding the Holy Flag (1876), The Grief of the Pasha (1882), The Carpet Merchant (c. 1887), Pygmalion and Galatea (c. 1890), Entry of the Christ at Jerusalem (1897), and Souvenir of Achéres (1903).
As Orientalism fell out of fashion, he painted the Impressionist painting Summer Afternoon on a Lake (c. 1895), which combined the two schools into one style for the painting. He also worked on many sculptures throughout his career, and he was known for his work in nudes. He died on 10 January 1904 at the age of 79, leaving a legacy of about 700 paintings and about 70 sculptures.
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