James Ensor. Chronicle of his life, 1860-1949.
Mercator Fund| N° d'inventaire | 22925 |
| Format | 20 x 25.5 |
| Détails | 224 p., paperback with flaps. |
| Publication | Paris, 2020 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9789462302570 |
When he painted his first masterpieces, Impressionism was triumphing in Europe. Like Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Munch, James Ensor offered a radically new vision, unparalleled in late nineteenth-century modern art. James Ensor found inspiration in the Bible as well as in historical writings, in scholarly reference works as well as in popular magazines, but it was above all his own fantasies that fueled his visual language. The carnival mask and the skeleton would undoubtedly become his emblems. An artist as enigmatic as he was prolific, he drew, engraved, and painted still lifes, portraits, landscapes, caricatures, fantastical and religious scenes. An anarchist, he addressed satirical, political, religious, and historical themes. This book, structured as a biography and based on excerpts from previously unpublished letters, will reveal the artist's unusual life as well as his greatest masterpieces.
When he painted his first masterpieces, Impressionism was triumphing in Europe. Like Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Munch, James Ensor offered a radically new vision, unparalleled in late nineteenth-century modern art. James Ensor found inspiration in the Bible as well as in historical writings, in scholarly reference works as well as in popular magazines, but it was above all his own fantasies that fueled his visual language. The carnival mask and the skeleton would undoubtedly become his emblems. An artist as enigmatic as he was prolific, he drew, engraved, and painted still lifes, portraits, landscapes, caricatures, fantastical and religious scenes. An anarchist, he addressed satirical, political, religious, and historical themes. This book, structured as a biography and based on excerpts from previously unpublished letters, will reveal the artist's unusual life as well as his greatest masterpieces.