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Jean-Léon Gérôme

1824 - 1904

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Jean-Léon Gérôme (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ leɔ̃ ʒeʁom]; 11 May 1824 – 10 January 1904) was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as academicism. His paintings were so widely reproduced that he was "arguably the world's most famous living artist by 1880." The range of his works includes historical paintings, Greek mythology, Orientalism, portraits, and other subjects. He is considered one of the most important painters from the academic period. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Léon Gérôme has received more than 1,350,690 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Jean-Léon Gérôme is the 152nd most popular painter (up from 160th in 2019), the 470th most popular biography from France (up from 528th in 2019) and the 46th most popular French Painter.

Jean-Léon Gérôme is most famous for his paintings of ancient Greece and Rome.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Jean-Léon Gérôme ranks 152 out of 2,023. Before him are Theo van Gogh, Albrecht Altdorfer, Suzanne Valadon, Emil Nolde, André Derain, and Eugène Boudin. After him are Otto Dix, Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Lili Elbe, Filippino Lippi, Man Ray, and Frédéric Bazille.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1824, Jean-Léon Gérôme ranks 7. Before him are Bedřich Smetana, Anton Bruckner, Alexandre Dumas fils, Gustav Kirchhoff, William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, and Eugène Boudin. After him are Maria Alexandrovna, Paul Broca, Pierre Janssen, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Wilkie Collins, and Marie Duplessis. Among people deceased in 1904, Jean-Léon Gérôme ranks 8. Before him are Antonín Dvořák, Theodor Herzl, Murad V, Isabella II of Spain, Friedrich Ratzel, and Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi. After him are Henry Morton Stanley, Niels Ryberg Finsen, Gabriel Tarde, Abai Qunanbaiuly, Eadweard Muybridge, and Henri Fantin-Latour.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Léon Gérôme ranks 470 out of 6,770. Before him are Annie Girardot (1931), André Derain (1880), Eugène Boudin (1824), Stephen, King of England (1095), Jacques Prévert (1900), and Isabelle Adjani (1955). After him are Alfred Kastler (1902), René Guénon (1886), Jean-Baptiste Biot (1774), Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636), Alfred de Musset (1810), and Ambroise Paré (1510).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Jean-Léon Gérôme ranks 46. Before him are Robert Campin (1375), Robert Delaunay (1885), Charles Le Brun (1619), Suzanne Valadon (1865), André Derain (1880), and Eugène Boudin (1824). After him are Frédéric Bazille (1841), Théodore Rousseau (1812), Gustave Caillebotte (1848), Maurice Utrillo (1883), Niki de Saint Phalle (1930), and Maurice de Vlaminck (1876).

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