The New Student's Reference Work/Gérôme, Leon

Gérôme (zhā́′ rōm′), Leon, a French painter, was born at Vesoul, May 11, 1824.  After studying at Paris and traveling in the east, he was appointed professor of painting in the school of Fine Arts at Paris.  His reputation was raised to the highest pitch by his Roman Gladiators in the Amphitheatre.  Among the best known of his works are Phryne before Her Judges, Cleopatra and Cæsar and Lioness meeting a Jaguar.  Many of his works have become widely known by photographic copies.  See Stranahan’s History of French Painting.  He died on Jan. 10, 1904.