The early phase of the career of this French artist was defined by lithographs and artworks produced in charcoal referred to as “noirs.” Odilon Redon (1840-1916) made a remarkable career switch shortly after he became famous with his drawings in the 1880s. His works were mentioned in a popular novel by Joris-Karl Huysmans. in 1884 …
Symbolist paintings
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 …