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Georges
Rouault (1871 - 1958)
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Rouault's introduction to art began in 1885 with apprenticeships to a
stained glass maker and restorer while attending the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs.
He later studied painting at the Ecole Des Beaux Arts. Rouault's early
work reflects a preoccupation with social issues and religious questions.
Expression through the "fauvism" style, gave way to more expressionist
caricature of figures who evoke both sympathy and revulsion. Greatly influenced
by the Catholic writer Leon Bloy, Rouault ultimately developed a somber,
heavy, style which gave his subjects a humane and spiritual quality. The
noted Parisian dealer Ambroise Vollard developed an interest in Rouault's
ceramics and later became his exclusive agent.
Although he had begun as a painter, Rouault's graphic works later became
his primary interest and his illustrated books remain masterpieces of
the oeuvre. Fine examples include: "Miserere," 1923, "Les Reincarnations
de Pere Ubu," 1932 and "Cirque de l'Etoile Filante," 1936.
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