Passion
1936/1938
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color aquatint with mixed intaglio processes
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1964.8.1491
Art Historical Context
Georges Rouault's *Passion* (1936/1938), a striking color aquatint with mixed intaglio processes, captures the artist's profound spiritual intensity. Housed in the National Gallery of Art's Rosenwald Collection (Department CG-W), this print exemplifies Rouault's mature style during the interwar years in France, a time marked by social upheaval and personal reflection. As a devout Catholic, Rouault often turned to biblical themes, and *Passion* likely draws from the suffering of Christ, rendered with his signature bold black contours and glowing, jewel-like colors evocative of medieval stained ...
About the Artist
Georges Rouault
Georges-Henri Rouault was born on May 27, 1871, in a Paris cellar during the violent "Bloody Week" of the Paris Commune, when a stray shell destroyed his family's home in the working-class Belleville district. Raised by a carpenter father who worked at the Pleyel piano factory and a grandfather who collected prints by Honoré Daumier, Rembrandt, Courbet, and Manet, Rouault showed early artistic pro...