Ker-Xavier Roussel
(1867–1944) French painter (1867-1944)
Ker-Xavier Roussel (France, 1867–1944) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a printmaker, and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Ker-Xavier Roussel belongs to the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’ in this site’s history of art.
Ker-Xavier Roussel was born in Lorry-lès-Metz and died in L'Étang-la-Ville. Ker-Xavier Roussel trained at Lycée Condorcet, Académie Julian, and Beaux-Arts de Paris. Ker-Xavier Roussel became a member of Comité national de l'estampe.
The best-known works include ‘Diane’, ‘La Terrasse’, and ‘The Procession of Bacchus’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 10 works by Ker-Xavier Roussel with free images. The dated works span the years 1890–1932. Works by Ker-Xavier Roussel are held by several collections, among them Musée d’Orsay, Prints in the National Gallery of Art, Dayton Art Institute, and High Museum of Art.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Henry de Groux, Robert Hermann Sterl, Helena Unierzyska, David Ossipovitch Widhopff, and Eva Watson-Schütze.