Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 8

Georges Rouault
Christ, from La Passion

1939

$900
£691.16
€792.06
CA$1,266.98
A$1,419.30
CHF 739.58
MX$17,312.47
NOK 9,398.39
SEK 8,862.01
DKK 5,911.74

About the Item

This artwork "Christ, from La Passion" 1939, is a wood engraving by French artist Georges Rouault, 1871-1958. (Block engraved by Georges Aubert) It is signed in the block as issue. The image size is 11.75 x 7.75 inches, framed size is 23.35 x 17.5 inches. Published by Ambroise Vollard, Paris, Printed by Henri Jourde and Georges Aubert, Paris. Described in the Vollard Publisher's catalogue raisonne by Una. E Johnson, number 201 page 165. It is custom framed in a wooden silver frame, with creme matting and black color spacer. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: French painter, draughtsman, printmaker and designer, Georges Rouault created a personal style of Expressionism that gives him a highly distinctive place in Modern Art. Rouault was born in 1871, in the cellar of a house in Belleville, a working class quarter of Paris near the Père Lachaise cemetery, while the city was being bombarded by government troops quelling the Paris Commune. His father was a finisher and varnisher of pianos at a local factory. Rouault's grandfather was an amateur art collector who bought engravings, lithographs and Rembrandt painting reproductions. From 1885 to 1890 Rouault was apprenticed to a stained glass maker, his work included the restoration of medieval glass; the vivid colors and strong outlines characteristic of the medium left a powerful imprint on his work. In 1891 he entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, where with Matisse, he was a pupil of Symbolist painter Gustave Moreau, a brilliant and sympathetic teacher. Rouault was Moreau's favorite student and he became the first curator of the Musée Moreau which opened in Paris in 1903. In 1902 Rouault helped to found the Salon d'Automne, an independant exhibition for those artists rejected by the official Paris Salon, where he showed alongside the Fauves. In 1894 he was awarded the first prize at the Concours Chenavard and, in 1910, Rouault would have his first one man show at Galerie Drouet in Paris. Rouault married Marthe le Sidaner, the sister of Impressionist painter Henri Le Sidaner, in 1908—they would have four children. Rouault's achieved financial success after Ambroise Vollard became his art dealer-publisher in 1917 and he gained an international reputation through the 1930s. In 1937 he had his first American one-man show at Pierre Matisse Gallery in New York City and in 1938 the Museum of Modern Art held an exhibition of his graphic prints. Rouault adeptly worked in the various printmaking techniques of woodcuts, lithographs and etchings, often for book illustrations commissioned by Vollard. Rouault spent the last decade of his life working to achieve the high standard of perfection he had set for himself. After the sudden death of his dealer Vollard in 1939, Rouault eventually gained back some 400+ paintings from the estate, of which, he destroyed 315. Georges Rouault died on February 13, 1958 at the age of 87. He received the national honor of a state funeral. Select Museum Collections: Art Institute of Chicago, IL Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN Musee d'Orsay, Paris Boston Museum of Fine Arts, MA Museum of Modern Art, NYC National Gallery of Canada Tate Gallery, London
  • Creator:
    Georges Rouault (1871-1958, French)
  • Creation Year:
    1939
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 22.35 in (56.77 cm)Width: 17.5 in (44.45 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    San Francisco, CA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: rou/chr/pas/011stDibs: LU66636411882

More From This Seller

View All
From the suite La Passion
By Georges Rouault
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork from the suite "La Passion" 1932, published 1939 is a wood engraving by French artist Georges Rouault, 1871-1958. (Block engraved by Georges Aubert) It is signed and dat...
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Clown Assis, from Cirque de l'Etoile Filante
By Georges Rouault
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Clown Assis, from Cirque de l'Etoile Filante" 1932, is a wood engraving by French artist Georges Rouault 1871-1958 (Block engraved by Georges Aubert) It is signed in t...
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

"Courtisane aux Yeux Baisses" from the suite "Les Fleurs du Mal""
By Georges Rouault
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Courtisane aux Yeux Baisses" from the suite "Les Fleurs du Mal" created in 1937, is an original color aquatint on Montval paper by renown French artist Georges Rouault, 1871-1958. It is signed and dated in the plate as issue. Published by Ambroise Vollard, Paris and printed by Lacouriere, Paris. Referenced and pictured in the artist's catalogue raisonnes by Chapon plate #276, Wofsy plate #273. The plate mark (image) is 11.75 x 8.15 inches, framed size is 20.5 x 17.25 inches. Custom framed in a wooden brownish and gold frame, with fabric matting and black fillet. Artwork and frame are in excellent condition, the colors are fresh and bright. Example of this artwork is held in many museums including The National Gallery of Art. About the artist: French painter, draughtsman, printmaker and designer, Georges Rouault created a personal style of Expressionism that gives him a highly distinctive place in Modern Art. Rouault was born in 1871, in the cellar of a house in Belleville, a working class quarter of Paris near the Père Lachaise cemetery, while the city was being bombarded by government troops quelling the Paris Commune. His father was a finisher and varnisher of pianos at a local factory. Rouault's grandfather was an amateur art...
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Aquatint

"Juges" from the suite "Les Fleurs du Mal""
By Georges Rouault
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Juges" from the suite "Les Fleurs du Mal" created in 1937/38, is an original color aquatint on Montval paper by renown French artist Georges Rouault, 1871-1958....
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Aquatint

"Femme Fiere" from the suite "Les Fleurs du Mal""
By Georges Rouault
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Femme Fiere" from the suite "Les Fleurs du Mal" created in 1937/38, is an original color aquatint on Montval paper by renown French artist Georges Rouault, 1871-...
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Aquatint

"Master Arthur" from the suite "Cirque de l'Etoile Filante" Original aquatint.
By Georges Rouault
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Master Arthur" from the suite "Cirque de l'Etoile Filante" created in 1934, printed in 1938 is an original color aquatint, etching and drypoint by renown French ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Aquatint

You May Also Like

Jèsus sera en Agonie jusqu'à la fin du Monde; from Folio Miserere, 1922
By Georges Rouault
Located in Soquel, CA
Jèsus sera en Agonie jusqu'à la fin du Monde; from Folio Miserere, 1922 Aquatint of Jesus' crucifixion by Georges Rouault (French, 1871-1958). Jesus is depicted with his head lowere...
Category

1920s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Aquatint

Jesus Sera en Agonie Jusqu'a la Fin Du Monde - Etching by G. Rouault
By Georges Rouault
Located in Roma, IT
Aquatint, Drypoint, Burnisher and Roulette. Image dimensions: 58x41 cm Monogram on plate - final state on 5. Edition of 450 prints, belonging to the suite “Miserere”, considered as ...
Category

1940s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Il a été maltraité et opprimé et il n'a pas ouvert la bouche - from "Miserere"
By Georges Rouault
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful original etching with aquatint realized by Georges Rouault between 1916 and 1923, published as a suite in 1948. Sheet in perfect conditions. The artwork is part of the important suite Miserere realized by Rouault between 1917 and 1923, considered as the most important religious graphic of XX century. Il a été maltraité et opprimé et il n'a pas ouvert la bouche represents an episode of Christ's passion. Miserere suite is divided in two themes: religious and profane; one is linked to Christ's passion and the other is dedicated to the human event, to the pilgrimage of pain on earth, made even more tragic by war. In the 58 original plates, Rouault lingers on the conditions of humanity. Like few other contemporaries, Rouault represents man, placing him at the center of an absurd and squalid theater. Interesting the use of contrasts and the shapes of the figures with black outlines. In this artwork the figure of Christ is placed in the center facing down. Georges Rouault (Paris, 1871) has been an interesting exponent of French Expressionism...
Category

1940s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Il Revoit le Thabor, Woodcut by Georges Rouault
By Georges Rouault
Located in Long Island City, NY
Il Revoit le Thabor Georges Rouault, French (1871–1958) Woodcut, initialed in the block Size: 12 x 8 in. (30.48 x 20.32 cm) Frame Size: 18.5 x 14.5 inches
Category

1930s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

IL A ETE MALTRAITE ET OPPRIME ET IL N'A PA
By Georges Rouault
Located in Portland, ME
Rouault, Georges (French, 1871-1958). IL A ETE MALTRAITE ET OPPRIME ET IL N'A PAS OUVERT LA BOUCHE " (He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth). Aquatint, ...
Category

1940s Portrait Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Aquatint

Jean-Francois ne Chante Alleluia no. 25, Aquatint Etching by Georges Rouault
By Georges Rouault
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Georges Rouault Title: Jean-Francois ne Chante Alleluia (Jean-Francois Never Sings Alleluia) no. 25 from the Miserere et Guerre series Year: 1923 (published 1948) Medium: Aqu...
Category

1920s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint, Photogravure