434, ill., as 'Banquet of the Starved,' about 1925. 'James Ensor,' June 28–September 21, 2009, unnumbered cat. '20th Century Masters from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,' May 7–July 1, 1986, unnumbered cat. '20th Century Masters from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,' March 1–April 27, 1986, unnumbered cat. 17, as 'Le Repas des Maigres (The Meal of the Hungry),' 1915 or 1925). Grey Art Gallery and Study Center, New York University. 'Images of Horror and Fantasy,' November 15–December 30, 1977, unnumbered cat. 'Rousseau, Redon, and Fantasy,' May 30–September 8, 1968, unnumbered cat. 'Summer Loan Exhibition: Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture from Private Collections,' July 8–September 6, 1966, no. brochure (as 'The Banquet of the Starved,' 1925, lent by Adelaide Milton de Groot, New York). 'Van Gogh and Expressionism,' July 1–September 13, 1964, unnum. de Groot, Loan deposit, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford). 'Twentieth Century Painting from Three Cities: New York, New Haven, Hartford,' October 19–December 4, 1955, no. 1925, lent by Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot, New York). 'James Ensor,' September 25–October 28, 1951, no. 40 (as 'Gastmahl der Mageren,' 1918, lent by a private collection, Berlin). 'James Ensor,' January 8–February 5, 1928, no. No other work depicts the notion of belgitude so aptly as The Entry of Christ into Brussels in 1889, and yet the painting can in the first place be regarded as a somewhat quirky but striking representation of Ensor's vision of humanity.Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles), The Entry has acquired cult status. Since the purchase of the work in 1987 by the J. Few explanations can accommodate the full daring and frenzy of such a painting which chaotic composition and barbaric style seem revolutionary, and look far beyond the early twentieth century. Before and during World War I, Fauvism, Cubism, Futurism, Expressionism, and Dadaism all came into being.

Until then it had been seen and was known only to a limited group of visitors and insiders.īetween 18, a veritable revolution had taken place in the visual arts. Needless to say, therefore, that the exhibiting of Ensor's work in 1929 was for many a revelation. It is only forty years after its completion that the monumental canvas was first publicly exhibited at the James Ensor retrospective at the Brussels Palais des Beaux-Arts in 1929. The work is one of the most complex paintings ever painted. During 1889, Belgian artist James Ensor (1860-1949) painted a monumental canvas that would be his magnum opus: The Entry of Christ into Brussels in 1889.

James Ensor by Xavier Tricot