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France: Jean-Léon Gérôme (11 May 1824 – 10 January 1904), self portrait, 1886.

France: Jean-Léon Gérôme (11 May 1824 – 10 January 1904), self portrait, 1886.

Jean-Léon Gérôme (11 May 1824 – 10 January 1904) was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as Academicism. The range of his oeuvre included historical painting, Greek mythology, Orientalism, portraits and other subjects, bringing the Academic painting tradition to an artistic climax.

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