Ensor and Brussels.
KBR, MRBAB.| N° d'inventaire | 30685 |
| Format | 21.6 x 25.9 |
| Détails | 216 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Brussels, 2024. |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9789462303683 |
If James Ensor (1860–1949) is inextricably linked to Ostend, yet it was in Brussels that he flourished as an artist, becoming a key figure in the Belgian avant-garde. The young painter moved to the capital in 1877 and, until the turn of the century, considered Brussels his second home.
This richly illustrated book explores the city of his time, revealing the key places, encounters, and events that shaped Ensor, both as an artist and as a human being. With the master as your guide, the capital emerges as a melting pot of prosperous bourgeois and struggling bohemians, conservative critics and rebellious artists, lively theaters and smoky halls.
This publication highlights more than two hundred works by Ensor from the collections of the Royal Library of Belgium (KBR) and the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (RMFAB). These vast collections, begun in the 1890s, constitute the oldest public collections of paintings, drawings, and prints by the famous "painter of masks."
If James Ensor (1860–1949) is inextricably linked to Ostend, yet it was in Brussels that he flourished as an artist, becoming a key figure in the Belgian avant-garde. The young painter moved to the capital in 1877 and, until the turn of the century, considered Brussels his second home.
This richly illustrated book explores the city of his time, revealing the key places, encounters, and events that shaped Ensor, both as an artist and as a human being. With the master as your guide, the capital emerges as a melting pot of prosperous bourgeois and struggling bohemians, conservative critics and rebellious artists, lively theaters and smoky halls.
This publication highlights more than two hundred works by Ensor from the collections of the Royal Library of Belgium (KBR) and the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (RMFAB). These vast collections, begun in the 1890s, constitute the oldest public collections of paintings, drawings, and prints by the famous "painter of masks."