Graphic work

…to print. Rouault received commissions from Vollard (Réincarnations du Père Ubu, Cirque de l’Étoile filante, Passion) as well as other publishers of illustrated books such as Éditions Edmond Frapier (Souvenirs…

Illustrated books

…Réincarnations du Père Ubu by Éditions Ambroise Vollard in 1932. Réincarnations du Père Ubu : Le Père Ubu chantre, 1928, detail Cirque de l’étoile filante: Amer Citron, 1935, détail Cirque

Header Bibliographie

Bibliography

Illustrated books by Georges Rouault Les Fleurs du mal Charles Baudelaire, illustrated by Georges Rouault, Paris, Éditions du Cerf, 2008 ISBN 978-2-204-07829-0 Cirque de l’Étoile filante Georges Rouault, Paris, Éditions…

1902-1914 — Rebellion

…Circus performers appeared in the works of Rouault in 1903. The circus is one of the painter’s most recurrent themes. The Cirque Médrano near his studio brought back memories of…

1914-1930 — Solitary artist

…Ubu), Cirque de l’Étoile filante (The Shooting Star Circus), Passion, Miserereand Les Fleurs du Mal.  For some ten years, from 1917 to 1926, his printmaking work was so intense he spent…

Paintings

…own pace. An amateur of deluxe books, Vollard commissioned  Rouault  with the illustrations of a number of books: Réincarnations du Père Ubu, Cirque de l’Étoile filante, Passion, Miserere and Les…

Mature period  |  1930-1948

…Le cirque de l’Étoile filante(The Shooting Star Circus) which was published in 1936 and Passion which was published in 1939. Vollard reproached the artist for his slow pace. Rouault found…