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Reception for "War and Passion: Selections from Georges Rouault’s Miserere in Context"

Add to Calendar 2024-10-09 17:00:00 2025-06-01 18:49:41 Reception for "War and Passion: Selections from Georges Rouault’s Miserere in Context" Between 1914 and 1948, the French artist Georges Rouault produced a monumental series of prints entitled, Miserere (“Have Mercy”) in response to the horrors of World War I. Combining Christian iconography with frank depictions of wartime cruelty, the darkly expressionistic works were Rouault’s attempt to grapple with the reality of the senseless loss and destruction wrought by war and those who wield power. War and Passion: Selections from Georges Rouault’s Miserere in Context places Miserere into conversation with pieces from the University’s collection and sculptures by John McCuistion. Together these modern and contemporary works provide an invitation to reflect on the timelessness of Rouault’s project and the inhumanity of interminable war. Location Contact Information Peter Stanley, Kittredge Gallery Manager pstanley@pugetsound.edu support@kwallcompany.com America/Los_Angeles public
Oct 09, 2024
5 p.m.

Kittredge Gallery Reception and conversation on the show War and Passion: Selections from Georges Rouault’s Miserere in Context, Co-curated by Kelsey Eldridge and Peter Stanley

Between 1914 and 1948, the French artist Georges Rouault produced a monumental series of prints entitled, Miserere (“Have Mercy”) in response to the horrors of World War I. Combining Christian iconography with frank depictions of wartime cruelty, the darkly expressionistic works were Rouault’s attempt to grapple with the reality of the senseless loss and destruction wrought by war and those who wield power.

Miserere by Georges Rouault

War and Passion: Selections from Georges Rouault’s Miserere in Context places Miserere into conversation with pieces from the University’s collection and sculptures by John McCuistion. Together these modern and contemporary works provide an invitation to reflect on the timelessness of Rouault’s project and the inhumanity of interminable war.

Event Location

Kittredge Gallery
N. 15th and Lawrence St

Contact Information
Peter Stanley, Kittredge Gallery Manager
pstanley@pugetsound.edu