Title: Christ and the Fisherman
Artist: Georges Rouault
Medium: Oil on paper mounted on masonite panel
Size: 36.8 x 48.9 cm
Date: 1937
Location: Fine Arts Museums of
After Christ’s temptations in the wilderness, he went to the shores of
The painting is a very intimate affair, the group gathered along the lake shore, Jesus in intimate conversation with one of his new followers. The framing and colors suggest unity of a group preparing to go all over
Georges Henri Rouault (27 May 1871 – 13 Feb 1958) was a French Expressionist painter and printmaker. The Christian faith informed his work in his search for inspiration and marks him out as perhaps the most passionate Christian artist of the 20th century. In 1885 Rouault started a short apprenticeship as a glass painter and restorer. This early experience has been suggested as a source of the heavy black contouring and glowing colors of Rouault's mature painting style.
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