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Head of Christ

c. 1937

Georges Rouault

(French, 1871–1958)

France, 20th century

Oil on canvas

Framed: 128.9 x 99.1 x 8.9 cm (50 3/4 x 39 x 3 1/2 in.); Unframed: 104.8 x 75 cm (41 1/4 x 29 1/2 in.)

Gift of the Hanna Fund 1950.399

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223 20th Century Avant-Garde

Description

Reacting against an increasingly materialistic, secular society, Rouault dedicated himself to creating deeply spiritual art. To convey his emotional interpretation of the subject, he built up layers of rich color through thickly encrusted paint. Rouault's early experience in a stained-glass workshop encouraged his preference for luminous color and strong black outlines. Both elements unite in this painting to produce a powerful, yet serene image of Christ.

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Inscription

Signed lower right: "G. Rouault"

Provenance

(A. Vollard, Paris); (J. Seligmann, New York)

Citations

The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 523 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 198 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 198 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 247 archive.org

Hinson, Tom E. "Insight/On Site." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 78, no. 6 (1991): 246-71. Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 256 www.jstor.org

Paintings in the Cleveland Museum of Art: Picture Book No. 4 . [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1952. Reproduced: p. 45 archive.org

Exhibition history

Rouault: Retrospective Exhibition 1953. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 28-March 15, 1953).

Art: The International Language. The Cleveland Museum of Art (October 2-November 4, 1956).

In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-April 7, 1958).

Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965).

Rouault. Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (February 1-March 20, 1966); Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamberg, Germany (April 1-May 1, 1966).

Georges Rouault. Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, Cedex 04, France (May 27-September 27, 1971).

Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 2007-January 13, 2008).

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