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Passion

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Georges Rouault

Georges Rouault

1200.00$950

French (1871–1958)

  • Date: 1934
  • Etching with Aquatint, signed in the plate
  • Size: 12 x 8 in. (30.48 x 20.32 cm)
  • Frame Size: 19 x 15 inches

$1,200$950

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about Passion

Christ was a common choice to depict by Fauvist artist Georges Rouault.

Many of his works are titled "Passion" in reference to the Passion of Christ. The Passion (from latin patior, "to suffer, bear, endure") is the short final period before the death of Jesus, described in the four canonical gospels. It is commemorated in Christianity every year during Holy Week.

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About The Artist: Georges Rouault

Born in Paris. French expressionist artist. First apprenticed to a stained-glass maker, Rouault studied after 1891 under Gustave Moreau . He exhibited several paintings with the fauves in 1905. His sorrowful and bitter delineations of judges, clowns, and prostitutes caused a great stir in Paris. The suffering of Christ was his frequent subject. His thickly encrusted, powerfully colored images, outlined heavily in black, have the effect of icons...

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About The Medium: Aquatint

An etching process in which tone is created by treating a plate with fine particles of acid resistant material (like powder resin) and then placing the plate in an acid bath. The acid bites into the plate between the grains of resin and when printed, the mass of tiny spots produces a textured area with tonal effects similar to watercolor wash.

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Passion

Georges Rouault

1934

Framed

Passion

Georges Rouault

1934

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