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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.© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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