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Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
PARIS.- When presented at the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique in Brussels and at the Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten in Antwerp, the work of James Ensor (1860-1949) is that of a Belgian painter who is both innovative and tortured. Presented at the Musée d’Orsay, his original and profound paintings are those of a 19th-century artist situated between Naturalism and...
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Violinist.com (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
By LUIS CLAUDIO MANFIO: I`m just back from my annual NYC viola trip. I`m very tired... It was too busy, but I managed to see the Kandinsky special exhibition at the Gugenheim, as well as James Ensor`s exhibition on MOMA. But had no time to visit San Zygmuntowicz and other makers this time. I met Sue Gingold, of the NYC Opera, she knew Sacconi and was a friend of the Wurlitzer's for many years. She...
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The New York Review of Books (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
By Sanford Schwartz James Ensor an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, June 28–September 21, 2009, and at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, October 20, 2009–February 4, 2010 Between Street and Mirror: The Drawings of James Ensor edited by Catherine de Zegher It is not a new thought that the Belgian painter James Ensor--who was born in 1860 and died in 1949--was bewitched by...
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bookeywookey (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
A variety of activities at Bookeywookey central this weekend which all began with seeing the James Ensor show at MOMA . Who? I didn't know his name either. Ensor was a mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth century Belgian painter. His worked spanned styles from the impressionism of his early contemporaries to the expressionism of his later ones, and spanned subject matter from domestic portraits with a stunning...
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
The Belgian painter James Ensor, who has a survey of hilarious, gruesome beauty at the Museum of Modern Art, is a puzzle to fans and strangers alike.
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
The Belgian painter James Ensor, who has a survey of hilarious, gruesome beauty at the Museum of Modern Art, is a puzzle to fans and strangers alike.
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Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 03/16/2009
NEW York, NY.- James Ensor (Belgian, 1860–1949) was a major figure in the Belgian avant-garde of the late nineteenth century and an important precursor to the development of Expressionism in the early twentieth. In both respects, he has influenced generations of later artists. This exhibition of approximately 95 of Ensor’s paintings, drawings, and prints will produce a complete picture...
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