Georges ROUAULT
1871 - Paris - 1958
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L’Automne - 1933
Lithograph, on Montval paper. Signed, titled and dated. Edition of 175. Published by Amroise Vollard, printed by Auguste Clot Atelier, Paris.
Size of sheet: 55.3 x 73.7 cm.
Chapon & Rouault 364; Johnson 123.
Excellent impression on the full sheet. Framed.
Georges Rouault: L'Automne
In the late 1880s, Rouault had trained as an apprentice with a glass painter and restorer and, in the early 1890s, studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, under the symbolist master, Gustave Moreau (1826-1898). Both these experiences certainly influenced his style, as did his friendships at the turn-of-the-century with some of the leading Fauves, including Henri Matisse, Albert Marquet and Henri Manguin.
This work is Rouault's tour-de-force and a secular stand-out in a printmaking oeuvre with a concentration on religious, spiritual, and Biblical themes. This work was undoubtedly inspired by Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907).