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Georges Rouault

French artist

Also known as: Georges-Henri Rouault

Written by Roy Donald McMullen

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Last Updated: Apr 4, 2024 • Article History

Category: Arts & Culture

In full:: Georges-Henri Rouault

Born:: May 27, 1871, Paris, France

Died:: February 13, 1958, Paris (aged 86)

Movement / Style:: École de Paris; Expressionism; Fauvism; Der Blaue Reiter

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Georges Rouault (born May 27, 1871, Paris, France—died February 13, 1958, Paris) was a French painter, printmaker, ceramicist, and maker of stained glass who, drawing inspiration from French medieval masters, united religious and secular traditions divorced since the Renaissance. Rouault was born in a cellar in Paris during a bombardment of the city by the forces opposed to the Commune. His father was a cabinetmaker. A grandfather took an interest in art and owned a collection of Honoré Daumier’s lithographs; Rouault said later that he “went first to school with Daumier.” In 1885 he enrolled in an evening course at ...(100 of 795 words)

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