Jean Leon Gerome Ferris

Jean Leon Gerome Ferris 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.

He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Stephen James Ferris, a portrait painter and a devotee of JeanLon Grme and Mariano Fortuny. He grew up around art, having been trained by his father and having two acclaimed painters, Edward Moran and Thomas Moran, as uncles.

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