Show us something by your favorite artist.
Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904) was, in my opinion, a brilliant painter, and a rather good sculptor, of the orientalist style. While I don't know that I can be said to have a single "favorite" artist, he is certainly one of those I most admire. Perhaps you may see why, seeing a few samples here of his work.
"The Bacchante", oil on canvas, roughly 18 5/8 inches across (47.5 cm); currently in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes, France.
"Markos Botsaris", oil on canvas from 1874, measured 27 1/2 x 21 1/4 inches (70 x 54 cm), but unfortunately, this gem is lost today.
"Portrait of a Lady". Oil on canvas, from sometime between 1866-1870. 21 1/4 x 14 1/8 inches (54 x 36 cm), in a private collection. I've always been fascinated by the detail and level of quality in the apparent texture of the dress, esp. in the lower and lower-left portion.
"The Teaser of the Narghile" aka "The Pipelighter". C. 1898, oil on canvas; 21 3/8 x 25 7/8 inches (54.6 x 66cm); currently in a private collection.
Imported from VOX due to its closing.
