id: 140162
accession number: 1964.161
share license status: Copyrighted
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.161
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End of Autumn, No. 4, 1952. Georges Rouault (French, 1871-1958). Oil on canvas; framed: 103.5 x 134.6 x 11.4 cm (40 3/4 x 53 x 4 1/2 in.); unframed: 75 x 105.4 cm (29 1/2 x 41 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Sampliner 1964.161 © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
title: End of Autumn, No. 4
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creation date: 1952
creation date earliest: 1952
creation date latest: 1952
current location: 003 Special Exhibition Hall - 18
creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Sampliner
copyright: © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
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culture: France, 20th century
technique: oil on canvas
department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Georges Rouault (French, 1871-1958) - artist
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measurements: Framed: 103.5 x 134.6 x 11.4 cm (40 3/4 x 53 x 4 1/2 in.); Unframed: 75 x 105.4 cm (29 1/2 x 41 1/2 in.)
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inscription: Signed lower right: G. Rouault
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Fifty Years of Modern Art
opening date: 1966-06-15T04:00:00
Fifty Years of Modern Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 15-July 31, 1966).
title: Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2006-05-27T00:00:00
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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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Mr. Paul H. Sampliner [1898-1975] and Mrs. Paul H. Sampliner [1898-2000], New York, NY, by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: -1964
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1964-
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fun fact:
At the age of fourteen, Rouault worked as an apprentice to a glass painter and medieval windows restorer. This early life experience is said to be the source of the heavy black lines that characterize his style.
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Rouault, often associated with Expressionism and Fauvism, art movements that emphasized an emotional interpretation of subjects, stands out among avant-garde artists for placing his Christian faith at the center of his art. He painted this autumn landscape six years before his death. Figures wander in a broad landscape beneath a glowing sky, evoking associations with the biblical flight into Egypt. The jewel-like greens, blues, reds, and yellows encased in strong, dark lines reflects his early training as a stained-glass window painter.
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Painted just six years before the artist’s death during the "autumn" of his life, this landscape is characteristic of Georges Rouault’s late expressionist works, infused with spirituality and nostalgia. Figures wander and congregate in a broad wilderness beneath a glowing sky, evoking associations with the biblical Flight into Egypt. Rouault returned to the classical influences of 17th-century artists Claude Lorrain and Nicolas Poussin, which had inspired him at the beginning of his career, and adapted them to the style he learned as a student in the studio of Gustave Moreau, a Symbolist artist whose mystical landscapes and pictorial techniques made an enduring impact. Leaving behind his darker palette, Rouault combined in this work jewel-like hues of greens, blues, reds, and yellows to create a lyrical mood.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Venturi, Lionello. Rouault, Biographical and Critical Study. New York, NY: Skira, 1959.
page number: Reproduced: p. 105; Mentioned: p. 106
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Courthion, Pierre. Georges Rouault. New York, NY: H.N. Abrams, 1962.
page number: Reproduced: p. 454
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Henning, Edward B. Fifty Years of Modern Art, 1916-1966. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: no. 48
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Dorival, Bernard. Rouault: l'œuvre peint. Monte-Carlo, Monaco, France: Éditions André Sauret, 1988.
page number: Mentioned and Reperoduced: p. 265
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Kang, Soo Yun. Rouault in Perspective: Contextual and Theoretical Study of His Art. Lanham, MD: International Scholars Publications, 2000.
page number: Mentioned: p. 246; Reproduced: fig. 79
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