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Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904) Pool in a Harem. 1875 Bassin au harem. 1875 Oil on canvas Formerly in the collection of Emperor Alexander III, St.Petersburg

Pool in a Harem and Other Works by Jean-Leon Gerome in the Hermitage

The State Hermitage Museum (St. Petersburg, Russia) presents, until February 5, 2012, the show Pool in a Harem and Other Works by Jean-Leon Gerome.

The painting Pool in a Harem, which arrived to the Hermitage in 1918 from the Anichkov Palace, was found itself in Russia shortly after the exhibition at the Salon in 1876. It was purchased for the collection of the Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich, future Emperor Alexander III, who attended studio of Gerome in Paris in 1857 and ordered that painting to the artist. On March 22, 2001, canvas of Pool in a Harem was barbarically cut out from the frame and stolen from the Hermitage.

On January 29, 2007, the painting was returned to the Hermitage. At the end of December, 2006 the unknown called to the reception of the leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Gennady Zuganov, and reported that he would like to give the painting Pool in a Harem precisely to the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.

Jean-Leon Gerome (1824-1904) is a French painter and sculptor of salon-academic school, student of Paul Delaroche. He produced paintings on subjects from the history of France and Ancient Greece. He is an eminent representative of 'neo-Greek' style that is based on the heritage of Ingres.


Date: until February 5.
Location: The State Hermitage Museum. 2, Palace Square, 190000. St. Petersburg. Russia.
Opening hours: from Tuesdays to Saturdays from 10.30am to 6pm. Sundays from 10.30 to 5pm. 


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Until September 8th, 2013

United Kingdom

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From June 10th to August 18th

Italy
Lara Almárcequi, Venice Biennale

Art (and Biennale) in Venice

Until Novemberl 24th

Holland
Autorretrato como artista,  por Van Gogh, 1887, Museo Van Gogh, Ámsterdam.

Van Gogh: radiograph of an innovator

Until January 12th, 2014

USA
Rain Room, by Random International, 2012

Instructions for controlling the rain

Until July 28th, 2013

Spain
Autorretrato, por Dennis Hopper, 1963, Los Angeles.The Dennis Hopper Art Trust

Through the lens of Dennis Hopper

Until September 29th 2013

Spain

Dalí: All his faces

From April 27th to September 2nd, 2013

México

Retrospective devoted to Rafael Coronel

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Germany

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Spain

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United Kingdom

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Germany

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Sweden

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Germany

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from September 26 to January 20

The Netherlands

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Australia

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Spain

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Spain

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from July 19 to September 30.

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