Vintage Georges Roualt Aquatint of Equestrienne, the Circus of the Falling Star

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Famed French artist Georges Roualt (1871-1958) created this aquatint entitled La petite Écuyère (Equestrienne), from the 1935 series of Aquatints … Read more Famed French artist Georges Roualt (1871-1958) created this aquatint entitled La petite Écuyère (Equestrienne), from the 1935 series of Aquatints entitled: Cirque de l'Etoile filante (The Circus of the Falling Star) in 1935 and it is of an edition of 280 on Montval (Chapon & Roualt). The print is matted and sealed with a printed label that says Roualt DR 198. The image is in a simple period frame back by cardboard. The image is in pristeen condition with the Montval paper holding up beautifully; however the mat seems to be a little aged and musty. The mat could be patina that someone wants to keep, or the piece can be matted and sealed by professional art framers who work with pieces of this caliber. One image from this same edition was sold at auction at Christies in 2006.

A pioneering expressionist painter (influenced by the German Expressionists, though not formally associated with that group), Georges Rouault created pictures recognizable for the thick black brushstrokes that outline their subjects, as in le lutteur, no. 3 (1913). Rouault’s works resemble the cloissonisme of decorative glasswork, a look often attributed to the artist’s teenage years spent as a glass painter’s apprentice. In 1891 Rouault enrolled at the École des Beaux-Arts and studied closely under Symbolist Gustave Moreau. He later associated with the Fauvists and collaborated with Henri Matisse and André Derain to organize the Salon d’Automne, an exhibition of progressive art rejected by the more conservative Paris Salon. But rather than create pleasing “armchair” pictures like those of many of his contemporaries, Rouault applied his rough painterly style to religious subjects, clowns, and circus performers, using these motifs to reflect on religion, morality, and modern life.


Title: Equestrienne, the Circus of the Falling Star.

LA PETITE ECUYERE
1935, from the edition of 280, from Cirque de l'Etoile Filante

Signed in plate with initials G.R. The piece was sealed and marked with DR 198. This seems to have been Printed 1938 based on research

The image size is 14 x 18 See less