The Carpet Merchant Gerome

Jean léon gérôme was a french painter and sculptor in the style now known as academicism.

The carpet merchant gerome.

The standard for museums and galleries around the world giclée is a printing process where millions of ink droplets are sprayed onto high quality paper. A considerable down payment enabled gérôme to travel and research first in 1853 to constantinople together with the actor edmond got and in 1854 to greece and turkey and the shores of the danube where he was present at a concert of russian conscripts making music under the threat of a lash. Jean léon gérôme french 1824 1904. The carpet merchant was created in 1887 by jean leon gerome in orientalism style.

With his masterpiece the carpet trader jean leon gerome opens a window on the carpet market in cairo as he experienced during his orient trip in the 1880s. Minneapolis institute of artminneapolis united states. Like delacroix he traveled extensively in north africa and the middle east. The carpet merchant c oil on canvas gerome jean leon minneapolis institute of arts mn usa the william hood dunwoody fund bridgeman images.

Our artists focus on every detail in the painting giving each painting its unique charm in the most loyal way ensuring our confidence in the durability and eternal quality of the artwork. The observer looks from behind at the detailed scenery. We only use the best oil paint and the finest canvas to ensure the most vivid color. The range of his oeuvre included historical painting greek mythology orientalism portraits and other subjects bringing the academic painting tradition to an artistic climax.

Much like eugène delacroix the traveling informed much of gérôme s work on the orientalist genre and this piece is a beautiful example of that influence. Brooklyn museum gift of joseph gluck 74 208 photo. Several men who are affluent in their attire inspect a large rug hanging from a balcony. The carpet merchant depicts the court of the rug market in cairo which gérôme had visited in 1885.

Schooled at the ecole des beaux arts and honored by the french salon jean léon gérôme was a prolific and popular artist. This giclée print delivers a vivid image with maximum color accuracy and exceptional resolution. You can order paintings and frames online. 81 x 55 9 cm.

He was also a teacher with a long list of. Schooled at the ecole des beaux arts and honored by the french salon jean léon gérôme was a prolific and popular artist. The carpet merchant of cairo 1869. He is considered one of the most important painters from this academic period.