biographie de Jean Leon Gerome FERRIS (1863-1930)

Birth place: Philadelphia, PA

Death place: Philadelphia, PA

Addresses: Philadelphia, PA

Profession: Painter, illustrator, etcher

Studied: with his father, Stephen J. Ferris, and Christian Schuessele, in Philadelphia; Académie Julian, Paris, with Bouguereau, 1884; also with Gérôme.

Exhibited: PAFA, 1878-82, 1887-90, 1906; Brooklyn AA, 1883; Boston AC, 1888-98; AIC, 1894, 1900-01; NAD, 1882-1896

Member: A. Fund S. Philadelphia; Philadelphia SE, 1881; Philadelphia AC, 1890.

Work: Nat. Mus.; New York Hist. Soc.; Congress Hall, Philadelphia in 1930

Comments: In 1900 he began his series of paintings on American history; in 1917 a special gallery was built in the Museum of Independence Hall to house a collection of more than 70 of his canvases. Specialties: historical paintings; Colonial subjects; studies of American ships and vehicles. His mother was Elizabeth Moran, sister of Thomas Moran.

Sources: P&H Samuels, 167; Falk, Exh. Record Series.