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James Ensor : wildest dreams : beyond impressionism /

"While James Ensor is often celebrated for his depictions of the grotesque imagery with a satirical edge, he was also a groundbreaking pioneer of modern art. His unique ability to blend realistic detail with abstract and fantastical elements placed him ahead of his time. Ensor's innovative...

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Other Authors: Alkins, Ted (Translator), Todts, Herwig (Editor, Contributor), Clark, Timothy, 1959- (Contributor), Callen, Anthea (Contributor), Goldman, Noémie (Contributor), Depelchin, Davy (Contributor), Verleysen, Catherine (Contributor), Jonckheere, Evelien, 1985- (Contributor), Carpiaux, Véronique (Contributor), Florizoone, Patrick, 1958- (Contributor), Canning, Susan Marie (Contributor), Gonnissen, Adriaan (Contributor), Bown-Taevernier, Sabine, Becker, Astrid, 1971- (Contributor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Munich ; London ; New York : Prestel, 2024.
[Antwerp] : [Veurne] : KMSKA ; Hannibal, [2024]
Edition:English edition.
Subjects:
Ensor, James, > 1860-1949 > Exhibitions.
Painting, Belgian > Exhibitions.
Art, Modern > Exhibitions.
Peinture belge > Expositions.
Painting, Modern > Exhibitions
Expressionism (Art)
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Illustrated works.
Essays.
Catalogues d'exposition.
Ouvrages illustrés.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Luk Lemmens & Carmen Willems
  • Ensor's art in a new perspective / Herwig Todts
  • Ensor's anarchism / Timothy Clark
  • French Pleinairisme and James Ensor in the 1880s / Anthea Callen
  • Ensor and Les XX's public: a shared visual culture / Noémie Goldman
  • An Enfant Terrible and Brussels art education: an intergenerational conflict / Davy Depelchin
  • Adam and Eve Expelled from Paradise, 1887 / Herwig Todts
  • The Genesis of Visions: The Aureoles of Christ or the Sensibilities of Light / Cathérine Verleysen
  • Ensor's The Temptation of Saint Anthony: a glimpse of a cesspool of Fin-de-siècle spectacle / Evelien Jonckheere
  • The Rubens of modernity? / Herwig Todts
  • Félicien Rops and James Ensor: engraving, one and indivisible / Véronique Carpiaux & Patrick Florizoone
  • James Ensor in the context of Japonisme / Yuri Nagai
  • The waking dream of The Temptation of Saint Anthony / Susan Canning
  • James Ensor's delightful light effects: some thoughts on his later work / Adriaan Gonnissen
  • The Ensor Research Project / Annelies Rios-Casier, Geert Van der Snickt, Koen Janssens & Herwig Todgts
  • James Ensor on animal welfare and vivisection / Patrick Florizoone
  • Ensor: the revolutionary who wanted to be misunderstood and admired / Sabine Taaevernier
  • The 'Greatest Living Belgian': James Ensor and Emil Nolde / Astrid Becker.