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The Gray Sea
Artist: James Ensor
Dated: 1880
James Ensor (1860-1949) was a Belgian artist and printmaker. He was ahead of his time in his style and was misunderstood by the public of the late 1800s early 1900s, in fact much of his work was rejected as scandalous, especially his painting Christ's Entry into Brussels in 1889 which was rejected by his own Art movement, Les XX. He kept the painting, now considered to be his masterpiece, and it was only first exhibited to the public some 40 years later in 1929. He spent most of his life in Ostend with only a very few trips abroad. At the beginning of his career when he didn’t have much money he used to exchange his etchings for goods with local shopkeepers.
Artist: James Ensor
Dated: 1880
James Ensor (1860-1949) was a Belgian artist and printmaker. He was ahead of his time in his style and was misunderstood by the public of the late 1800s early 1900s, in fact much of his work was rejected as scandalous, especially his painting Christ's Entry into Brussels in 1889 which was rejected by his own Art movement, Les XX. He kept the painting, now considered to be his masterpiece, and it was only first exhibited to the public some 40 years later in 1929. He spent most of his life in Ostend with only a very few trips abroad. At the beginning of his career when he didn’t have much money he used to exchange his etchings for goods with local shopkeepers.