Paul-Gustave van Hecke was a Belgian journalist, author, art collector and promoter, couturier, and organizer of film festivals. He was a patron to Frits Van den Berghe, Gustave De Smet and René Magri
P.G. van Hecke; by Ramah [nl] (1920)
P.G. van Hecke and Norine; by Léon Spilliaert (1920)
P.G. van Hecke and Norine; by Frits Van den Berghe (1923)
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 arti
Self-Portrait of James Ensor at his Easel, 1890
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 × 378.4 cm, the Getty Museum
Woman with Turned-up Nose (1879), oil on canvas mounted on wood, 54 × 45 cm, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp