Sep 12, 2016 | 18th-19th C., PoP Highlights
James Ensor, The Tribulations of Saint Anthony, 1887, Oil on canvas, 46 ⅜ x 66 inches James Ensor, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, and Hieronymous Bosch have all painted depictions of the torment of Saint Anthony by demons and monsters. In Ensor’s Tribulations of Saint...
Apr 18, 2016 | 18th-19th C., Modern, PoP Highlights
Gwen John, A Corner of the Artist’s Room in Paris, 1907-09, Oil on canvas, 12.3 x 9.8 inches, National Museum Cardiff, Wales The building weighs less than a flower. The parasol stem dreams about being a wicker chair. A blade of wall threatens the throat of the...
Feb 24, 2014 | 18th-19th C., PoP Highlights
James Ensor, Portrait d’Augusta Boogaerts, 1939, Oil on panel, 22 x 16 cm Misreading pleases me almost as much as mishearing. The read or heard phrase arrives into consciousness seeming to belong to someone else, but then converts into one’s own when the mistake...
