Zaragoza Exhibits the Work of French Painter Georges Rouault for the First Time Ever

ZARAGOZA.- Rouault’s paintings are full of papers on their backs. References to all the places these paintings have traveled to, from Milan to New York without leaving out places like Tokyo or Paris (where his foundation is housed). “It is perhaps the fact that best expresses the importance of a painting,” said exhibition curator Martine Soria about the exhibition Georges Rouault 1871-1958, which opened yesterday at the Patio de la Infanta. This is the first time that the Aragonese city exhibits the work of French painter in Zaragoza. At the event, Martine Soria, was accompanied by the Director of Social Work of Ibercaja, Teresa Fernandez and grandchildren of the artist. The exhibition hall houses 39 works by Georges Rouault, an artist who has a unique relationship with Aragon, since Goya’s footprint, a painter who Rouault worshipped all his life, can be followed in much of his work. Georges Rouault occupies a unique place amongst twentieth century artists. A contempory o

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