Gerome The Carpet Merchant

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Gerome the carpet merchant. The carpet merchant was created in 1887 by jean leon gerome in orientalism style. Several men who are affluent in their attire inspect a large rug hanging from a balcony. The carpet merchant by leon gerome is a hand painted oil painting on canvas. The carpet merchant depicts the court of the rug market in cairo which gérôme had visited in 1885.

Like delacroix he traveled extensively in north africa and the middle. The observer looks from behind at the detailed scenery. Much like eugène delacroix the traveling informed much of gérôme s work on the orientalist genre and this piece is a beautiful example of that influence. Produced in around 1887 the carpet merchant portrays a scene in the cairo markets which jean léon gérôme had visited two years prior as part of his travels through the middle east and africa.

Jean léon gérôme 11 may 1824 10 january 1904 was a french painter and sculptor in the style now known as academicism his paintings were so widely reproduced that he was arguably the world s most famous living artist by 1880 the range of his oeuvre included historical painting greek mythology orientalism portraits and other subjects bringing the academic painting tradition to. The carpet merchant of cairo was created in c 1869 by jean leon gerome in orientalism style. Schooled at the ecole des beaux arts and honored by the french salon jean léon gérôme was a prolific and popular artist. Schooled at the ecole des beaux arts and honored by the french salon jean léon gérôme was a prolific and popular artist.

With his masterpiece the carpet trader jean leon gerome opens a window on the carpet market in cairo as he experienced during his orient trip in the 1880s.