Georges rouault paintings in museum of science

His more static drawing and more brilliant palette expressed a spiritual harmony that would only intensify over time. His works celebrated the beauty of nature in flowers, landscapes and nudes and expressed a new decorative style using arabesques and borders.

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In his sixties, Rouault enjoyed financial security and worldwide recognition. Reviews were abundant and unanimous. Although life for Rouault was more peaceful and stable, nevertheless he lived through another war and fought a bitter lawsuit with the heirs of Ambroise Vollard, who had died accidentally in In the solitude of his studio during the Second World War, he concentrated on experimenting with lines, shapes and colours and finished a number of important works.

More and more his paintings reflected a dreamlike inner world. The tragic realism of his Prostitutes and Judges gave way to more introverted and meditative figures. His paintings became increasingly spiritual and elevated.

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In his works of this period his themes included the circus and landscapes as well as series of imaginary and poetic faces, female nudes, still life and religious subjects. Rather than introducing more themes he would revisit his existing themes in new ways. Sometimes we see intimate scenes of the family life of circus performers but most often these figures are solitary and placed in the foreground of the composition.

A sense of silence emanates from these paintings. The tenderness of these mysterious and dreamlike figures contrasts with the pallid faces of the tragic clowns from his early period. He created several series of religious works: Saintes Faces faces of Christ which evoke Byzantine and Roman iconography, heads of Christ, crucifixions and more and more religious landscapes.