Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Perkins, Charles C. (Charles Callahan), 1823-1886 · New York : C. Scribner's sons · leaf 147
, JEAN LEON, born in Vesoul,May 11, 1824. His-tory and genrepainter, pupil ofPaul Delaroche,whom he accompa-nied to Rome, andof Gleyre after hisreturn from Italy.Failed to obtain theprix de Rome, butobtained a 3d classmedal for his Cock Fight in 1847, and in-creased his reputation by his Anacreon… … 128 GERPJT painted a variety of subjects ancient andmodern, which have gained him a place asone of the best-known modern Frenchpainters. Gerume has also exhibited sev-eral sculptured groups, and has executedmural paintings for the city of Paris, amongthem the Plague at Marseilles in St.…
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