Demons Teasing Me
<p>Ensor was a member of the Belgian avant-garde group called <em> Les Vingt </em> (The Twenty), but was expelled in 1889 for his controversial painting <em> Entry of Christ into Brussels </em> in 1889 and for ideas that became divergent from those of the group. Ensor developed a peculiarly macabre outlook and often employed, as here, the imagery of tormenting demons and taunting skeletons.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1895
- Dimensions
- Image: 11.1 × 15.2 cm (4 3/8 × 6 in.); Plate: 11.6 × 15.7 cm (4 5/8 × 6 3/16 in.); Sheet: 15.9 × 20.6 cm (6 5/16 × 8 1/8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- James Ensor
Artist
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James Sidney Edouard, Baron Ensor was a Belgian painter and printmaker, an important influence on expressionism and surrealism who lived in Ostend for most of his life. He was associated with the artistic group Les XX.
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- James Ensor
- Year
- 1895
- Dimensions
- Image: 11.1 × 15.2 cm (4 3/8 × 6 in.); Plate: 11.6 × 15.7 cm (4 5/8 × 6 3/16 in.); Sheet: 15.9 × 20.6 cm (6 5/16 × 8 1/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1895-015688
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- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
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