Jean-Leon Gerome (1824-1904) was an undisputed professional success during his lifetime. Crowds flocked to see his vividly rendered historical and Orientalist compositions, and thanks to the mass marketing of his work through mechanical reproduction, he reached audiences on an unprecedented scale.
From the outset, however, his success met with critical hostility. Emile Zola, champion of Edouard Manet, dismissed Gerome as a cynical manufacturer of anecdotal images for popular consumption--a critique repeatedly echoed by historians of modern art. In light of revisionist and postmodern...
Jean-Leon Gerome (1824-1904) was an undisputed professional success during his lifetime. Crowds flocked to see his vividly rendered historical and ...
Though largely out of the public eye for more than a century, Gustave Caillebotte (1848 94) has come to be recognized as one of the most dynamic and original artists of the impressionist movement in Paris. His paintings are favorites of museum-goers, and recent restoration of his work has revealed more color, texture, and detail than was visible before while heightening interest in all of Caillebotte s artwork. This lush companion volume to the National Gallery of Art s major new exhibition, coorganized with the Kimbell Art Museum, explores the power and technical brilliance of his oeuvre....
Though largely out of the public eye for more than a century, Gustave Caillebotte (1848 94) has come to be recognized as one of the most dynamic and o...