Adolphe Gérard [SEP] date of birth
Adolphe Gérard
Adolphe Gérard (1844–1900) was a French chef, restaurant and hotel owner in Colorado.
Gerard was born in Alençon, France in 1844. At age 15, He enrolled in a seminary in the commune of Sées in France. At age 20, Gerard moved to Paris, where he apprenticed as a chef in a hotel. He then moved to London, where he worked with a newspaper on its reviews and translations (Gerard was fluent in English, German and Latin). 
At age 22
own colour illustrations, "Under the Window: Pictures & Rhymes for Children", is published in London.
Works.
- Michael Ancher – "Vil han klare pynten (Will he round the point)"
- Albert Fitch Bellows – "The Parsonage"
- William-Adolphe Bouguereau – "The Birth of Venus"
- William Burges – Golden Bed
- Edward Burne-Jones – "The Annunciation"
- Edgar Degas
- "The Dance Lesson" (approximate date)
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