The richness of the world, all artificial pleasures, have the taste of sickness and give off a smell of death in the face of certain spiritual possessions.

Expressionist works
In 1907 Rouault commenced a series of paintings dedicated to courts clowns and prostitutes. Notes. During his apprenticeship he also attended evening classes at the School of Fine Arts and in 1891 he entered the École des Beaux-Arts the official art school of France.