Georges Rouault (1871-1958 France) --- --- --- Two Prostitutes 1906
The early 1900s marked a radical shift in Rouault’s art, from a Moreau-like Symbolism featuring traditional sacred themes to a grim, uncompromising vision of modern life. These are not Manet’s coquettish courtesans or Toulouse-Lautrec’s glamourous cancan dancers; they are exploited, ruined souls, worthy of infinite pity. Rouault painted the wretchedness of the human condition, the ugliness of the sin in all its shocking realism, and yet with unparalleled tenderness and compassion, devoid of condemnation or cynicism.
Georges Rouault (1871-1958 France) --- --- --- Two Prostitutes 1906
The early 1900s marked a radical shift in Rouault’s art, from a Moreau-like Symbolism featuring traditional sacred themes to a grim, uncompromising vision of modern life. These are not Manet’s coquettish courtesans or Toulouse-Lautrec’s glamourous cancan dancers; they are exploited, ruined souls, worthy of infinite pity. Rouault painted the wretchedness of the human condition, the ugliness of the sin in all its shocking realism, and yet with unparalleled tenderness and compassion, devoid of condemnation or cynicism.