| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
| |
| Gérôme, Jean Léon |
| |
| |
(zhäN l ôN´ zhr m´) (KEY) , 1824–1904, French historical and genre painter. He enjoyed a successful career in his day. He studied with Delaroche and adhered to academic technique. A good draftsman and facile illustrator, he produced a large number of paintings, meticulous in execution. In his last years he gave up painting for sculpture. His painting The Cock Fight (1847) is in the Louvre. |
| |
| | | The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright © 2007 Columbia University Press. |
|
|
