(Encyclopedia) Gérôme, Jean LéonGérôme, Jean LéonzhäN lāôNˈ zhārōmˈ [key], 1824–1904, French historical and genre painter. He enjoyed a successful career in his day. He studied with Delaroche and…
(Encyclopedia) Getty, Jean Paul, 1892–1976, American business executive, one of the richest men in the world during his life, b. Minneapolis, Minn. He inherited his father's oil business, George F.…
(Encyclopedia) Forain, Jean LouisForain, Jean LouiszhäN lwē fôrăNˈ [key], 1852–1931, French painter, etcher, and lithographer. One of the foremost etchers of his day, Forain is best known for his…
(Encyclopedia) Flandrin, Hippolyte JeanFlandrin, Hippolyte Jeanēpôlētˈ zhäN fläNdrăNˈ [key] 1809–64, French painter; student and follower of Ingres. Influenced by the primitivism of Giotto, he is…
(Encyclopedia) Fragonard, Jean-HonoréFragonard, Jean-HonorézhäN-ōnôrāˈ frägônärˈ [key], 1732–1806, French painter. He studied with Chardin, Carle Vanloo, and intensively with Boucher, whose style he…
(Encyclopedia) Houdon, Jean-AntoineHoudon, Jean-AntoinezhäN-äNtwänˈ &oomacr;dôNˈ [key], 1741–1828, French neoclassical sculptor. He studied with Michel Ange Slodtz, Lemoyne, and Pigalle, took the…
(Encyclopedia) Isabey, Jean BaptisteIsabey, Jean BaptistezhäN bätēstˈ ēzäbāˈ [key], 1767–1855, French portrait painter and miniaturist. He was a pupil of J. L. David and was greatly influenced by…
(Encyclopedia) Jourdan, Jean BaptisteJourdan, Jean BaptistezhäN bätēstˈ zh&oomacr;rdäNˈ [key], 1762–1833, marshal of France. He fought in the American Revolution, and in the French Revolutionary…
(Encyclopedia) Jouvenet, Jean BaptisteJouvenet, Jean BaptistezhäN bätēstˈ zh&oomacr;vənāˈ [key], 1644–1717, French painter, one of a family of painters. He worked in Paris in the studio of…
(Encyclopedia) Juncker, Jean-Claude, 1954–, Luxembourg political leader. A member of the Christian Social People's party, he was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1984. Juncker served as…
