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Georges Rouault

Georges Rouault

French, 1871

WA-00029200

Paris, France

PhotographySymbolismExpressionismImpressionism

Representation

None documented

88

Institutional Exhibitions

845

Works in Collection

1479

Assets Indexed

4

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0

Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ156128 ULAN500024798

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Prints: Proofs and Variants

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989–1990

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Painters for the Theater

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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Watercolors: Selections from the Permanent Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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Master Prints from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987–1988

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Naked/Nude

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1986

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The Expressionist Idiom

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985

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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Prints and Illustrated Books

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984

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The Modern Drawing: 100 Works on Paper from The Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983–1984

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A Century of Modern Drawing, 1881�1981

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1982

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Words and Pictures

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1981

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Around Picasso

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1980

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Art of the Twenties

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979–1980

Field Verification (4 fields)

4 cross-verified · 0 single-source

BiographyMoMA· 93%✓
Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%✓
LocationGallery Generic· 72%✓

Source Registry (3)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/georges-rouault
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/georges-rouault
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/5053
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Georges Rouault was a French painter and printmaker whose work merged Expressionist distortion with a deeply Catholic sensibility. Working primarily in oils and aquatint, he developed a distinctive technique of heavy black outlines and jewel-like color fields that recalled medieval stained glass and cloisonné enameling. His subjects ranged from tragic circus performers and prostitutes to biblical scenes and landscapes, each rendered with a formal intensity that transformed mundane or marginalized subjects into spiritual meditations. Active from the 1890s through the 1950s, Rouault's practice remained consistent in its moral gravity and formal innovation.

Source: Christies Artsy · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago

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Museum Collections

Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (845)

End of Autumn, No. 4

1952 · oil on canvas

Framed: 103.5 x 134.6 x 11.4 cm (40 3/4 x 53 x 4 1/2 in.); Unframed: 75 x 105.4 cm (29 1/2 x 41 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Miserere: Christ Blessing Three Men

Miserere: Christ Blessing Three Men

1949 · Heliogravure on paper

Plate: 61.6 × 46.4 cm (24 5/16 × 18 5/16 in.); Sheet: 65.2 × 50.4 cm (25 11/16 × 19 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Christ Seated

1949 · Wood block

29.6 × 19.9 × 2.2 cm (11 11/16 × 7 7/8 × 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Georges Rouault Collection

Georges Rouault Collection

1946 · Correspondence, printed papers and black and white photographic prints.

1 box: W.: 15.3 cm (6 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Obedient unto death and to death on the cross, plate 57 from Miserere

Obedient unto death and to death on the cross, plate 57 from Miserere

1945 · Etching on paper

Image/plate: 58.2 × 42.5 cm (22 15/16 × 16 3/4 in.); Sheet: 65.1 × 50.6 cm (25 11/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Virgin of the Seven Swords, plate 53 from Miserere

Virgin of the Seven Swords, plate 53 from Miserere

1945 · Etching on paper

Image/plate: 58 × 41 cm (22 7/8 × 16 3/16 in.); Sheet: 65.6 × 50.7 cm (25 7/8 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sometimes a blind man has consoled the seeing, plate 55 from Miserere

Sometimes a blind man has consoled the seeing, plate 55 from Miserere

1945 · Etching on paper

Image/plate: 58.5 × 43.7 cm (23 1/16 × 17 1/4 in.); Sheet: 65.5 × 50.8 cm (25 13/16 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Arise, you who are dead!, plate 54 from Miserere

Arise, you who are dead!, plate 54 from Miserere

1945 · Etching on paper

Image/plate: 59.3 × 44.4 cm (23 3/8 × 17 1/2 in.); Sheet: 65.2 × 50.8 cm (25 11/16 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

It is by His Wounds that We are Healed, plate 58 from Miserere

It is by His Wounds that We are Healed, plate 58 from Miserere

1945 · Etching on paper

Image/plate: 58.1 × 47.2 cm (22 7/8 × 18 5/8 in.); Sheet: 65.9 × 50.4 cm (26 × 19 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

In These Dark Times of Vanity and Unbelief, Our Lady of The Ends of the Earth keeps watch, plate 56 from Miserere

In These Dark Times of Vanity and Unbelief, Our Lady of The Ends of the Earth keeps watch, plate 56 from Miserere

1945 · Etching on paper

Image/plate: 58.9 × 43.4 cm (23 1/4 × 17 1/8 in.); Sheet: 65 × 50.6 cm (25 5/8 × 19 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The more noble the heart, the less stiff the neck, plate 49 from Miserere

The more noble the heart, the less stiff the neck, plate 49 from Miserere

1945 · Etching on paper

Image/plate: 58.4 × 42.2 cm (23 × 16 5/8 in.); Sheet: 64.9 × 50.3 cm (25 9/16 × 19 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Distant from the smile of Rheims, plate 51 from Miserere

Distant from the smile of Rheims, plate 51 from Miserere

1945 · Etching on paper

Image/plate: 51.2 × 38.5 cm (20 3/16 × 15 3/16 in.); Sheet: 65.9 × 50.8 cm (26 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

With Tooth and Nail, plate 50 from Miserere

With Tooth and Nail, plate 50 from Miserere

1945 · Etching on paper

Image/plate: 57.7 × 44.5 cm (22 3/4 × 17 9/16 in.); Sheet: 65.5 × 50.8 cm (25 13/16 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Law is Hard, but it is the Law, plate 52 from Miserere

The Law is Hard, but it is the Law, plate 52 from Miserere

1945 · Etching on paper

Image/plate: 57.1 × 43.5 cm (22 1/2 × 17 3/16 in.); Sheet: 65.3 × 50.5 cm (25 3/4 × 19 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

De profundis, plate 47 from Miserere

De profundis, plate 47 from Miserere

1945 · Etching on paper

Image/plate: 43.3 × 60 cm (17 1/16 × 23 5/8 in.); Sheet: 51 × 65.6 cm (20 1/8 × 25 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Death Took Him as He Rose from His Bed of Nettles, plate 45 from Miserere

Death Took Him as He Rose from His Bed of Nettles, plate 45 from Miserere

1945 · Etching on paper

Image/plate: 53.9 × 33.4 cm (21 1/4 × 13 3/16 in.); Sheet: 65.3 × 50.7 cm (25 3/4 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The just man, like sandalwood, perfumes the blade that cuts him down, plate 46 from Miserere

The just man, like sandalwood, perfumes the blade that cuts him down, plate 46 from Miserere

1945 · Etching on paper

Image/plate: 59 × 42 cm (23 1/4 × 16 9/16 in.); Sheet: 65.5 × 50.5 cm (25 13/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

War, Hated by Mothers, plate 42 from Miserere

War, Hated by Mothers, plate 42 from Miserere

1945 · Etching on paper

Image/plate: 58.6 × 44.5 cm (23 1/8 × 17 9/16 in.); Sheet: 64.3 × 50.3 cm (25 3/8 × 19 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

In the Wine-Press, the Grape was Crushed, plate 48 from Miserere

In the Wine-Press, the Grape was Crushed, plate 48 from Miserere

1945 · Etching on paper

Image/plate: 39.5 × 48.5 cm (15 9/16 × 19 1/8 in.); Sheet: 50.8 × 65.6 cm (20 × 25 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

My sweet country, were are you?, plate 44 from Miserere

My sweet country, were are you?, plate 44 from Miserere

1945 · Etching on paper

Image/plate: 42.3 × 59.8 cm (16 11/16 × 23 9/16 in.); Sheet: 51 × 65.3 cm (20 1/8 × 25 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Omens, plate 41 from Miserere

Omens, plate 41 from Miserere

1945 · Etching on paper

Image/plate: 50.7 × 43.7 cm (20 × 17 1/4 in.); Sheet: 65.3 × 50.7 cm (25 3/4 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Face to Face, plate 40 from Miserere

Face to Face, plate 40 from Miserere

1945 · Etching on paper

Image/plate: 57.4 × 43.8 cm (22 5/8 × 17 1/4 in.); Sheet: 65.5 × 50.5 cm (25 13/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Chinese, They Say, Invented Gunpowder and Made Us a Gift of it, plate 38 from Miserere

The Chinese, They Say, Invented Gunpowder and Made Us a Gift of it, plate 38 from Miserere

1945 · Etching on paper

Image/plate: 57.5 × 41.5 cm (22 11/16 × 16 3/8 in.); Sheet: 65.5 × 50.5 cm (25 13/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

We Have to Die, We and All That is Ours, plate 43 from Miserere

We Have to Die, We and All That is Ours, plate 43 from Miserere

1945 · Etching on paper

Image/plate: 51.5 × 36.4 cm (20 5/16 × 14 3/8 in.); Sheet: 65.5 × 50.7 cm (25 13/16 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (5)

692 published of 1000 catalogued · 454 with image

MoMA
510 publishedof 818 catalogued284 img
Art Institute Chicago
169 published169 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
6 published
The Met
6 published
Tate
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 3)

3 entries · 1 sources

Passion: Christ Crowned with Thorns
1936 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Miserere: Even the ruins have perished (Lucian: Pharcale IX, 969)
1922 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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The Crucifixion
1936 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

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The Dwarf (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

9

Movements5

Symbolism Expressionism Impressionism Post-Impressionism Fauvism

Collections4

Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern Art Tate Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Tate

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