Fondation george rouault biography

French painter (1871–1958)

Georges-Henri Rouault (French:[ʒɔʁʒ(ə)ɑ̃ʁiʁwo]; 27 May 1871, Paris - 13 February 1958, Paris) was a French painter, draughtsman, and printmaker, whose work is often associated with Fauvism and Expressionism.

Childhood and education

Rouault was born into a poor family in Paris. He was born in a Parisian cellar after his family's home was destroyed in the Paris insurrection of 1871. His mother encouraged his love for the arts, and, in 1885, the fourteen-year-old Rouault embarked on an apprenticeship as a glass painter and restorer, which lasted until 1890.

This early experience as a glass painter has been suggested as a likely source of the heavy black