1917-1920 Oil 102 x 75.5 cm Private Collection
is about the closure of the large exhibition that the Museum of Fine Arts in Bilbao has been offering to Georges Rouault (1971-1958). While still a young student in France, I saw somewhere, a window box or you and I was captivated by the serene air of sad resignation that comes from his painting. Disciple, like Matisse, Gustave Moreau, soon moves away from Fauvism and experiments with a realistic painting, which is set in the human condition, the circus, the dancer and prostitutes generally all that behind a mask or other pain are hidden and can not keep his eyes peek. Deep Christian convictions, every man sees in suffering, the image of Christ mocked, and over the years his stroke his back thicker, perhaps recalling his years as an apprentice glazier, and paint material is loaded until it seemed almost a bas-relief.
"Old Clown" painted between 1917 and 1920 is a good example of this. He said the painter on "After the bright mask, all hide a tormented soul, a drama" This is a message that Rouault launches with images of clowns. A contrast here is clear: the white makeup, the small hat or decorated and festive attire is merely guess that emphasize character wrinkles, her big eyes and, in short, the expression of infinite sadness his face.
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