''The Old King'' is a half-length

portrait painting Portrait Painting is a genre in painting, where the intent is to represent a specific human subject. The term 'portrait painting' can also describe the actual painted portrait. Portraitists may create their work by commission, for public and pr ...

of a ruler in profile by the French artist

Georges Rouault Georges Henri Rouault (; 27 May 1871, Paris – 13 February 1958) was a French painter, draughtsman and print artist, whose work is often associated with Fauvism and Expressionism. Childhood and education Rouault was born in Paris into a po ...

. It was painted over the course of twenty years, from 1916 to 1936, before an art dealer convinced him to release it.

References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Old King, The 1936 paintings Expressionist paintings French paintings