Photo: ‘Husband and Wife Trees (Blackthorn species trees) at Lynncraigs Farm, Dalry, North Ayrshire, Scotland, photo of 5 August 2009 by Roger Griffith.
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Friday, June 11, 2010
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Jean-Léon Gérôme, self-portrait
Image: Jean-Léon Gérôme, self-portrait (1886), oil on canvas, dimensions 40.6 cm x 30.5 cm, currently located at Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Jean-Léon Gérôme (May 11, 1824 to January 10, 1904) was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as Academicism. The range of his oeuvre included historical painting, Greek mythology, Orientalism, portraits and other subjects, bringing the Academic painting tradition to an artistic climax.
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