James Ensor (1883) De geërgerde maskers 001
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"Vexed masks" (1883), oil on canvas by James Ensor; 135 x 112 cm; collection Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels
Nederlands: "De geërgerde maskers" (1883), olie op doek door James Ensor; 135 x 112 cm; collectie Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten, Brussel; in 1892 zou hij een tegenpool van dit schilderij maken met "De zonderlinge maskers"
Although educated in traditional painting, Ensor quickly stepped off that path and began to develop a revolutionary style that reflected his own take on modern life. He was particularly fascinated with the popular carnival culture organized around the celebration of Mardi Gras each year throughout Belgium, most certainly influenced by the fact that his family's shop in Ostend was a main purveyor of carnival paraphernalia. The imagery he produced is consistently cynical and mocking; presenting an almost grotesque form of Realism meant to record the stresses underlying contemporary social morays of his time, and probably of all times.
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