GERVEX, HENRI (1852-1929), French painter, was born in Paris on Dec. 19, 1852, and studied painting under Cabanel, Brisset and Fromentin. His early work belonged almost ex clusively to the mythological genre which served as an excuse for the painting of the nude—not always in the best of taste ; indeed, his "Rolla" of 1878 was rejected by the jury of the Salon pour immoralite. He afterwards devoted himself to representa tions of modern life and achieved signal success with his "Dr. Pean at the Salpetriere," a modernized paraphrase of Rem brandt's "Anatomy Lesson." He was entrusted with several im portant official paintings and the decoration of public buildings.