Rouault, Georges

Georges Rouault, French painter, 1871-1958

Georges Rouault was a French painter, draughtsman, and printer, whose work is often associated with Fauvism and Expressionism. The Christian faith informed his work in his search for inspiration and marks him out as perhaps the most passionate Christian artist of the 20th century: first of all, in the theme of the passion of Christ. The face of Jesus and the cries of the women at the feet of the cross are symbols of the pain of the world, which for Rouault was relieved by belief in resurrection.