Paintings like The Snake Charmer or The Black Bard are recognised by millions around the world, but few will instinctually attribute them to Orientalist painter Jean-Leon Gerome. Though not as ...

“Bashi-Bazouk,” by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904), is one of the most beautiful I know. A few billionaires and oil barons have loved it, too — but more of that in a minute.

Jean-Léon Gérôme is by all accounts the poster boy of Orientalism. During the second half of the 19th century, the French painter found critical and commercial success with his meticulously ...

Jean-Léon Gérôme pioneered Orientalism in art in a way that can still be felt—and seen—today. Museum show in Doha traces that legacy. The 400-work exhibition "Seeing Is Believing: ...

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My knowledge of art can be sketchy. I once remarked to one of Picasso’s grandsons that his gramps painted in such a “pretty blue” as we both looked on at a canvas from a certain Period. I ...