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en-wikipedia-org-6360		Jean Leon Gerome Ferris - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	994	124	63	Jean Leon Gerome Ferris Wikipedia Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (August 8, 1863 – March 18, 1930[1]) was an American painter best known for his series of 78 scenes from American history, entitled The Pageant of a Nation, the largest series of American historical paintings by a single artist.[2] Ferris enrolled in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1879 and trained further at the Académie Julian beginning in 1883 under William-Adolphe Bouguereau.[2] He also met his namesake Jean-Léon Gérôme, who greatly influenced his decision to paint scenes from American history. The American Philosophical Society claims that his historical paintings confuse "verity with verisimilitude",[7] and art historian Gerald Ackerman describes them as "splendid in the accuracy of accessories, clothing and especially in the details of land conveyances and ships", but "extremely dry in execution and rather monotonous in composition."[5] Media related to Jean Leon Gerome Ferris at Wikimedia Commons	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-6360.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-6360.txt