Ernest Rouart (24 August 1874, Paris - 27 February 1942, Paris) was a French painter, watercolorist, pastellist, engraver, and art collector.
Biography
He was one of four sons and a daughter born to the engineer and painter, Henri Rouart. His brother, , was a well known politician. He began by studying mathematics; intending to enter his father's business but, like his father, he turned to painting, enlisting the aid of Edgar Degas, a family friend, who gave him lessons and advised him to copy paintings at the Louvre. He also had him experiment with older mixtures of paint, as they were prepared in the Renaissance.
It was also Degas who introduced him to the model and future art collector, Julie Manet, daughter of the painters Berthe Morisot and Eugène Manet They married soon after, in 1900, and would have three sons.
