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Georges Rouault
A Steadfast Vision
Georges Rouault: A Steadfast Vision has been assembled to celebrate the 150th anniversary of his birth and to introduce this critically important artist of faith from the 20th century. Every Christian should be acquainted with his profound vision.
Georges Rouault (1871–1958), considered as the most important Christian artist of the 20th century, knew his calling and stood firm against the tide of current art movements in the early twentieth century. Rouault found little attraction in the various art movements of his day, but worked believing that art flowed out of an interior life. He maintained a solitary path, a lonely journey to depict the world as he saw it. And with this steadfast vision before him, he relied more and more on his faith to guide his art making. Even when others, discouraged his artistic direction, he stayed the course and followed his vision.
Rouault was apprenticed in his youth to a stained glass firm and a medieval spirit resonates throughout his work, vividly seen with the black outlines that encased his figures and images, much as in a medieval stained glass window. This influence can be seen in all of his paintings and prints where a dark outline encompasses each figure and object.
Rouault believed that his art was more than just a means of personal expression. He considered his occupation as calling and felt honored to communicate the message of the Gospel to a troubled world.
This exhibition focuses on Rouault’s printmaking efforts. As a printmaker he worked in complex techniques that entailed a long and arduous process. A total of 23 prints are included in Georges Rouault: A Steadfast Vision. Eetchings from his Miserere Series, considered one of the most important printmaking suites of the twentieth century, incorporates multiple techniques to enrich the surface of each print. Other luminous aquatints from The Passion, along with several engravings and three lithographs, complete the glimpse of his work.
Miserere #1
Aquatint, roulette and drypoint
1923
Crucifixion, 1965
Tete d'une jeune (Head of a Young Girl)
Bouquet (Vase of Flowers) 1939
Take Refuge in Your Heart, Poor Wanderer
(Miserere Plate #4), 1923
We Believe Ourselves Kings
(Miserere Plate #7), 1923
The Condemned Man Has Gone Away ...
(Miserere Plate #18), 1922
He Was Obedient (#57)
Veronica is still among us with her veil of compassion... Plate #33A
Aquatint, roulette and drypoint
1922
Head of Christ, 1939
Christ at the Doorway, 1939
Christ au Faubourg, 1939
Christ Before Pilate, 1939
Christ et les Enfents
Christ et les Exegetes, 1938
Christ in Conversation, from Disciples tailpiece
Christ on the Cross, 1939
Man With the Myrrh, Wood for the Cross
1939
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PASSION & FLEURS DU MAL III
Christ et les Enfants (Christ and the Children)
Aquatint 1935
Christ au Faubourg
Intaglio/Aquatint 1939
Man with the Myrrh/Wood for the Cross
Intaglio/Aquatint 1939
Christ et les Exegetes
Intaglio in black and white 1938
Head of Christ (Departure for Elsewhere)
Wood engraving cut by Georges Aubert 1939
Golgotha & Veronica’s Veil
Wood engraving cut by Georges Aubert 1939
Christ in Conversation
Wood engraving cut by Georges Aubert 1938
Christ Before Pilate
Wood engraving cut by Georges Aubert 1939
Head of Christ Frontispiece
Wood engraving cut by Georges Aubert 1939
Passion
Intaglio/Aquatint 1937
MISERERE SERIES
Plate #1
Have mercy upon me, O god, according to thy loving-kindness
Aquatint with sugar lift, drypoint, burnisher, roulette
Plate #4
Take refuge in your heart, poor wanderer
Aquatint with sugar lift, drypoint, burnisher, roulette
Plate #7
We believe ourselves kings
Aquatint with sugar lift, drypoint, burnisher, roulette
Plate #18
The condemned man has gone away…
Aquatint with sugar lift, drypoint, burnisher, roulette
Plate #33
and Veronica is still among us with her veil of compassion...
Aquatint with sugar lift, drypoint, burnisher, roulette
Plate #35Jesus will be in agony until the end of the World
Aquatint with sugar lift, drypoint, burnisher, roulette Plate #47Out of the Depths
Aquatint with sugar lift, drypoint, burnisher, roulette Plate #54Arise, You DeadAquatint with sugar lift, drypoint, burnisher, roulette Plate #56In these dark times of vanity and unbelief, Our Lady of land’s End keeps Watch
Aquatint with sugar lift, drypoint, burnisher, roulette Plate #57He was obedient unto death and to death on the cross
Aquatint with sugar lift, drypoint, burnisher, roulette
OTHERS
Crucifixion 1965
Wood engraving
Published in 1965 posthumously
Bouquet (Vase of Flowers)
Lithograph from 1939 Verve
Tête d’une jeune fille/Head of Young Girl
Lithograph 1939
November 15 2022 to April 15, 2023
St Lukes Anglican Church
50 Pope Ave, Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
Contact: Ruth Hauck rwh22hhi@aol.com
February 15, 2022 to May 23, 2022
First Congregational Church
535 Forest Ave, Glen Ellyn IL. 60137
Contact person: Deb Giampoli
September 1 to November 30, 2021First Presbyterian Church of Flint746 S. Saginaw St. Flint, MI 48503810 234 8673Contact: Rosemary Lutz lutzycle@gmail.com May 1 to June 30, 2021Square Halo Gallery37 North Market Street Lancaster, PA 17603Contact: Ned Bustard ned@squarehalobooks.com February 15 to May 15, 2020First Presbyterian Church of Hilton Head 540 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head, SC 29928Contact Nancy Millette, millettenancy@hotmail.com
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Cost of rental is $350 per month (plus shipping).