Original: His failure to pass the entrance exams at Paris ' École des Beaux-Arts ended any plans for a career as an architect , although he briefly studied painting there under Jean-L éon Gérôme in 1864 .
Simplified: His failure to pass the entrance exams at Paris ' École des Beaux-Arts ended any plans for a career as an architect , although he would later study there under Jean-L éon Gerôme .