What appears to be a jolly bunch during one of the popular carnivals of the late 19th century actually has a much deeper meaning. James Ensor (1860-1949) was a Belgian artist who pioneered grotesque imagery. This type of art was quite revolutionary at the time. Even though he is sometimes labeled as an Expressionist artist, …
James Ensor
Although the name of this renowned Symbolist artist sounds English, he was born and raised in Belgium and spent his entire career in his home country. James Ensor (1860-1949) was a revolutionary artist in the late 19th century and an important figure in the transition to modern art. What made him so famous and why …
When this Belgian artist started producing peculiar paintings full of symbolism and absurdity in the late 19th century, his works were classified as scandalous and shocking. James Ensor (1860-1949) was a Symbolist artist who became a major influence on both Expressionist artists and Surrealist artists. He was born to Engish parents in Brussels and lived …
The people in Belgium didn’t like to see one of the greatest works of a famous Belgian artist leave the country in the late 1980s. James Ensor (1860-1949) is one of the icons of Belgian art, a notion emphasized by the fact that his picture even decorated the 100 franc note before the euro was …