![]() ![]() No other work depicts the notion of belgitude so aptly as The Entry of Christ into Brussels in 1889, and yet the painting can in the first place be regarded as a somewhat quirky but striking representation of Ensor’s vision of humanity. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles), The Entry has acquired cult status. Since the purchase of the work in 1987 by the J. Few explanations can accommodate the full daring and frenzy of such a painting which chaotic composition and barbaric style seem revolutionary, and look far beyond the early twentieth century. Includes the first English translation of Ensors answers to the Proust. Before and during World War I, Fauvism, Cubism, Futurism, Expressionism, and Dadaism all came into being. Bound in Boards, cloth cover, 47 pages, 24 illustrations. Until then it had been seen and was known only to a limited group of visitors and insiders.īetween 18, a veritable revolution had taken place in the visual arts. Needless to say, therefore, that the exhibiting of Ensor’s work in 1929 was for many a revelation. It is only forty years after its completion that the monumental canvas was first publicly exhibited at the James Ensor retrospective at the Brussels Palais des Beaux-Arts in 1929. The work is one of the most complex paintings ever painted. James Ensor: The Entry of Christ into Brussels in 1889 quantity Add to cartĭuring 1889, Belgian artist James Ensor (1860-1949) painted a monumental canvas that would be his magnum opus: The Entry of Christ into Brussels in 1889. ![]()
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