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Georges Rouault biography

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  • NAME: Georges Rouault
  • OCCUPATION: Painter
  • BIRTH DATE: May 27, 1871
  • DEATH DATE: February 13, 1958
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Paris, France
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Paris, France
  • Full Name: Georges Henri Rouault

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The French painter Georges Rouault is best known for religious paintings of those fallen from Christian grace.


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Georges Rouault was born May 27, 1871 in Paris, France. After apprenticing for the restoration of medieval glass, Rouault became a painter of Expressionist religious subjects. A devout Roman Catholic, he continued to embrace religious topics until late in his career, when he worked on a clown series.

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