Jean Leon Gerome was born in 1834 in Versoul, France, not far from the border with Switzerland. His father was a goldsmith and his mother was from a merchants family. Jean-Leon was a high achieving academic student, receiving prizes in chemistry, physics and art. He completed school in 1840 and was sent to Paris to study with Paul Delaroche, an interesting individual who was a sought after teacher. His ways were rigorous. Mornings were taken up with drawing form a model and the afternoons were for private study in sketching or drawing countryside or street scenes.
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Jean Leon Gerome was born in 1834 in Versoul, France, not far from the border with Switzerland. His father was a goldsmith and his mother was from a merchants family. Jean-Leon was a high achieving academic student, receiving prizes in chemistry, physics and art. He completed school in 1840 and was sent to Paris to study with Paul Delaroche, an interesting individual who was a sought after teacher. His ways were rigorous. Mornings were taken up with drawing form a model and the afternoons were for private study in sketching or drawing countryside or street scenes.
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Jean Leon Gerome was born in 1834 in Versoul, France, not far from the border with Switzerland. His father was a goldsmith and his mother was from a merchants family. Jean-Leon was a high achieving academic student, receiving prizes in chemistry, physics and art. He completed school in 1840 and was sent to Paris to study with Paul Delaroche, an interesting individual who was a sought after teacher. His ways were rigorous. Mornings were taken up with drawing form a model and the afternoons were for private study in sketching or drawing countryside or street scenes.
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