Miserere et Guerre (print series)

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Miserere et Guerre is a powerful early 20th-century print series by Georges Rouault that combines religious and war-related imagery in stark, expressive black-and-white etchings reflecting human suffering and spiritual anguish.

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Miserere et Guerre (print series) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artwork series ⓘ
print series ⓘ
artForm printmaking ⓘ
artHistoricalContext post–World War I European art ⓘ
associatedWith Catholic spirituality ⓘ
French modernism ⓘ
color black and white ⓘ
conceptionPeriod 1914–1927 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
createdFor Ambroise Vollard portfolio project ⓘ
creator Georges Rouault ⓘ
depicts human suffering ⓘ
religious imagery ⓘ
spiritual anguish ⓘ
war-related imagery ⓘ
genre expressionism ⓘ
religious art ⓘ
war art ⓘ
hasInfluence 20th-century religious printmaking ⓘ
modern sacred art ⓘ
hasPart Guerre series ⓘ
Miserere series ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions French ⓘ
mainSubject Christianity ⓘ
First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I

Passion of Christ ⓘ
material paper ⓘ
movement Expressionism ⓘ
notableFor combination of religious and war themes ⓘ
depiction of human misery and redemption ⓘ
stark expressive black-and-white imagery ⓘ
numberOfPrints 58 ⓘ
printingProcess intaglio ⓘ
publicationYear 1948 ⓘ
publisher Ambroise Vollard ⓘ
styleCharacteristic distorted expressive figures ⓘ
dramatic chiaroscuro ⓘ
heavy black contours ⓘ
technique aquatint ⓘ
drypoint ⓘ
etching ⓘ
theme Christian mercy ⓘ
compassion for the poor and oppressed ⓘ
sin and redemption ⓘ
the horrors of war ⓘ
titleLanguage Latin and French ⓘ
titleTranslation Have Mercy and War ⓘ

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Georges Rouault → notableWork → Miserere et Guerre (print series) ⓘ