Jean-Léon Gérôme was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as academicism, who lived from 1824 to 1904. 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 among the most important painters from the academic period and was, with Meissonier and Cabanel, one of the three most successful artists of the Second Empire. He was also a teacher with a long list of students, including Mary Cassatt, Thomas Eakins, Edwin Lord Weeks and Osman Hamdi Bey.
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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
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Pollice Verso (from Latin: with a turned thumb) is an 1872 painting by French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme, featuring the eponymous Roman gesture directed to the winning gladiator.
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