James Ensor
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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.
Ensor in front of "Entry of Christ into Brussels" in his house in Ostend, 1940s, photo by Albert Lilar
Christ's Entry Into Brussels in 1889 (1888), oil on canvas, 256.8 x 378.4 cm., the Getty Museum
Woman with Turned-up Nose (1879), oil on canvas mounted on wood, 54 x 45 cm., Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
The Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels is an art school in Brussels, Belgium, founded in 1711. Starting from modest beginnings in a single room in Brussels' Town Hall, it has since 1876 been operating from a former convent and orphanage in the Rue du Midi/Zuidstraat, which was converted by the architect Victor Jamaer. The school has played an important role in training leading local artists.
Entrance of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Rue du Midi/Zuidstraat, Brussels
Brussels' Town Hall, where the Academy draws its origins
The Academy's entrance on the Rue du Midi in 1935 (photo by Léon van Dievoet)
Tilman-François Suys (date unknown): St. Antonius Church, Amsterdam.