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Georges Rouault
French artist
Quick Facts
- In full:
- Georges-Henri Rouault
- Died:
- February 13, 1958, Paris (aged 86)
- Movement / Style:
- École de Paris
- Expressionism
- Fauvism
- Der Blaue Reiter
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)