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Georges Rouault

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From 1917, Rouault dedicated himself to painting. The Christian faith informed his work in his search for inspiration and marks him out as perhaps the most passionate Christian artist of the 20th century: first of all, in the theme of the passion of
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and became his favorite student. Rouault's earliest works show a symbolism in the use of color that probably reflects Moreau's influence, and when Moreau died in 1898, Rouault was nominated as the curator of the
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was always the focus of his interest. Rouault said: "A tree against the sky possesses the same interest, the same character, the same expression as the figure of a human."
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Rouault was born into a poor family in Paris. He was born in a Parisian cellar after his family's home was destroyed in the
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Photograph of house in Beaumont sur Sarthe, Pays De La Loire, France, claiming Georges Rouault to have lived there
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At the end of his life, he burned 300 of his pictures (estimated to be worth today about more than half a billion
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In 1930, he also began to exhibit in foreign countries, mainly in London, New York, and Chicago.
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Jeu de massacre (Slaughter), (Forains, Cabotins, Pitres), (La noce à Nini patte en l'air)
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His use of stark contrasts and emotionality is credited to the influence of
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In 1907, Rouault commenced a series of paintings dedicated to courts,
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Rouault died in Paris on 13 February 1958, at the age of 86.
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Information on Rouault and the German Expressionist movement
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In 1910, Rouault had his first works exhibited in the
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Images hosted by Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
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Centre Georges Pompidou
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Fauvism
Expressionism
Paris insurrection of 1871
the arts
leaded glass
École des Beaux-Arts
Gustave Moreau
Moreau Museum
Salon d'Automne
Henri Matisse
Albert Marquet
Henri Manguin
Charles Camoin
Fauvism
Vincent van Gogh
expressionist painters
clowns
Spiritualism
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Jacques Maritain
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