Nude with Upraised Arms
Georges Rouault
1906
Medium
gouache on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 62.8 x 47.6 cm (24 3/4 x 18 3/4 in.) framed: 86.3 x 71.7 x 8.5 cm (34 x 28 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Chester Dale Collection
Accession Number
1963.10.211
About the Artist
Georges Rouault
Georges-Henri Rouault was born on May 27, 1871, in a Paris cellar during the violent "Bloody Week" of the Paris Commune, when a stray shell destroyed his family's home in the working-class Belleville district. Raised by a carpenter father who worked at the Pleyel piano factory and a grandfather who collected prints by Honoré Daumier, Rembrandt, Courbet, and Manet, Rouault showed early artistic pro...