The Crucifixion

Many of Rouault’s works reveal his strong Catholic faith. The Crucifixion, representing Christ’s sacrifice for the salvation of humanity, is a prominent theme. The thick application of vibrant color here is characteristic of the Fauvist movement, with which Rouault was associated. While other Fauves tended to avoid social or moral commentary, he used Fauve techniques to express religious conviction.

Rouault began his artistic career as an apprentice to a stained-glass painter in French Gothic cathedrals. That background shows in the thick black lines and bold, luminous colors of The Crucifixion and helps explain his stance as an artist: “I do not feel that I belong to this modern life . . . my real life is back in the age of cathedrals.”

Om maleriet

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I samme sal · G377, Minneapolis Institute of Art

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Kilder

The Breton Wedding

Head of Christ

Head of Christ

Revoit Le Thalbor (3/4) (E. Halpert Collection)

Saint John the Baptist

Tropical Landscape

Entretien avec M. Clot

Portret van een man

Study for Improvisation V, 1910

The Promenades of Euclid, 1955

Portrait of Albert Paris von Gütersloh, 1918

Study for Portrait VI, 1953

The Japanese Bridge, c. 1923–25

The Poet with the Birds, 1911

Blind Man's Buff, 1945

Evening Glow, 1915

The Crucifixion

Om maleriet

Oplysninger

Mere af Georges Rouault

I samme sal · G377, Minneapolis Institute of Art

Ja, det tager imod

I kataloget

Kilder

The Breton Wedding

Head of Christ

Head of Christ

Revoit Le Thalbor (3/4) (E. Halpert Collection)

Saint John the Baptist

Tropical Landscape

Entretien avec M. Clot

Portret van een man

Study for Improvisation V, 1910

The Promenades of Euclid, 1955

Portrait of Albert Paris von Gütersloh, 1918

Study for Portrait VI, 1953

The Japanese Bridge, c. 1923–25

The Poet with the Birds, 1911

Blind Man's Buff, 1945

Evening Glow, 1915