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Jean-Léon Gérôme (*11 May 1824 in Vesoul, Département Haute-Saône; † 10 January 1904 in Paris) was a French history 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 oeuvre included historical painting, Greek mythology, Orientalism, portraits, and other subjects, bringing the academic painting tradition to an artistic climax. He is considered one of the most important painters from this academic period. He was also a teacher with a long list of students.
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108 | The Cock Fight (Un combat de coqs) Der Hahnenkampf, 1846

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