Illustrations:
detail, “End of the Séance”, 1890, Jean-Léon GérÔme, oil on canvas, 19” x 15 ¼”, Edward & Frances Frankel Collection

The Getty Center , 1200 Getty Center Drive , Los Angeles , CA 90049
(Thomas Brothers Guide page 631-G1)
Parking: Lot with parking fee $15 per car, ALLOW TIME FOR PARKING AND TRAM RIDE

Minimum 25, Maximum 30 Participants
Does not include: Museum Parking, $15 per car  

DEADLINE: Saturday, July 17, 2010

ABOUT THE GEROME TOUR: Jean-Léon GérÔme (1824-1904) enjoyed the heights of artistic and commercial success in the second half of the nineteenth century as a powerful academician and respected professor at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts.  However, with the eventual triumph of Impressionism, post-Impressionism, and the modernist avant-garde, which defined itself against established figures like GérÔme, his reputation suffered greatly in the early twentieth century.
            Organized by the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Musee d’Orsay, Paris , The Spectacular Art of Jean-Léon GérÔme, is the first major, comprehensive exhibition of the artist’s work in nearly 40 years and proceeds from a new wave of scholarship that reconsiders him important both as a painter and sculptor.  This exhibition will include iconic paintings and sculptures that span GérÔme’s entire oeuvre from his “neo-grec” beginnings to his tremendously popular and often controversial history paintings and Orientalist works.
            The exhibition addresses his imaginative use of antique themes and sources, his inventive strategies as a history and genre painter, his complex relationship to Orientalism, and his contribution to the history of sculpture.  The exhibition will simultaneously consider his productive engagement with photography and the legacy of his art in early twentieth century cinema. 

GUIDELINES:  
-         Registration is not extended beyond registered members and registration is not transferable.
-         Cancellation made prior to the deadline date will be in full less a small handling charge.
-         No full or partial refund will be paid after the deadline date, unless there is a waiting list.

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