Ensor and Spilliaert
Subtitle: two great Ostend masters
By: author Inne Gheeraert icw Mieke Mels ; translation Gregory Ball
Contributors: Mels, Mieke, author; Ball, Gregory, 1953- translator; Ensor, James, 1860-1949; Spilliaert, Léon, 1881-1946; Kunstmuseum aan Zee
Publisher: Kunstmuseum aan zee
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Oostende
Language: eng
Number of pages: 63
ISBN-13: 9789074694216
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Exhibitions; Flemish Painting
Other titles: Two great Ostend masters :
Work titles: Ensor en Spilliaert
Description: Ostend and James Ensor are inextricably linked. Ensor loved Ostend: the city served as his muse and inexhaustible source of inspiration. He loved it for its crowds, the tempestuous North Sea, the carnival that painted the streets in festive colours each year. The name of the painter Léon Spillaert, twenty years his junior, is also connected with this Queen of Seaside Resorts. His nocturnal rambles through the city and long walks along the beach spurred him to create his best works, dark and suffused with mystery. Although Ensor and Spilliaert were very different as artists, their names are often mentioned in the same breath. In Two Masters of Ostend, the museum aims, above all, to allow the masterworks that are the highlights of its collection to speak for themselves. Exhibition: Mu.Zee, Ostend, Belgium (30.04.2016 - ).
Notes: Translation of: Ensor en Spilliaert : Twee grootmeesters van Oostende.

Catalog of an exhibition held at Mu.Zee, Ostend, Belgium.

Includes bibliographical references.