To see this painting, go to the exhibition “Ensor, Fanciful Dreams” which takes place from September 28, 2024 until January 19, 2025 at KMSKA, the Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp.
Beyond impressionism
“Ensor’s imaginative spirit takes the visitor on his journey into his dreamlike universe, imbued with wild visions, carnivals and zwanze. In Ensor’s footsteps, we discover how the artist, rebellious innovator, deploys his creativity , revolutionizes the rules of the game and sets the rules of art. He resolutely turns away from the ideal of classical European beauty and from impressionism which so fascinated him in his beginnings to, ultimately, influence d. other artists, like Emil Nolde, with his dreamlike images or expressive colors.”
“The exhibition shows this artistic evolution through the major milestones that marked Ensor’s career. For the first time, Ensor’s works rub shoulders with those of Claude Monet and Auguste Renoir, whose effects he copied of light, even if he finds the content too dull. Ensor’s art is not limited to painting. The artist gives free rein to his experimental verve by creating detailed drawings and powerful engravings. etching. Or, he created the monumental collage, The Temptation of Saint Anthony, an ambitious work composed of 51 sheets of paper which immerses us in a mind-blowing mixture of social criticism, science and technology. A true artistic manifesto that has arrived. straight from Chicago.”
“And always, Ensor manages to surprise with his contrasts between the comic and the sinister, the refined and the wild, comfortable bourgeois salons and frightening skeletons, in a world imbued with ironic satire. His works reflect the pulse of this exciting time that was the end of the 19th century, an era not so different from ours, punctuated by social and political upheavals, astonishing innovations and mass spectacles We delve for the first time into the symbiotic relationship between Ensor and the. popular culture. Ensor was seduced by magic lantern shows, ancestor of cinema. Ensor thus penetrates our daily life, yours, mine, that of everyone.
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Places to win!
Today, Allegretto invites you to the back-to-school concert Basque Country Orchestra on Saturday October 12 at 8 p.m. at the Anglet theater
On the program: Concerto pour piano n°4 by Beethoven with Frank Braley on keyboard as well as Scheherazade by Rimsky Korsakov with chef Lucie Leguay at the helm
So don’t hesitate if you are available for this concert which will take place on Saturday October 12 at 8 p.m. at the Quintaou theater in Anglet
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