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Article: Masked ball; James Ensor at the Museum of Modern Art.
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- July 4, 2009
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Parable of the pickled herring
A Belgian master finally gets the recognition he deserves
JAMES ENSOR seems to have slipped between the cracks. An innovative Belgian artist who was influential in shaping expressionism and surrealism, he is often overlooked. This is especially true in America, where his work is thinly scattered across a number of museums and largely ignored.
Ensor's renown may be about to change. The artist's first big American show for 30 years, at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), is intended to reassert his place in the canon. But just where he belongs remains a mystery. The works on view, which range from cartoonish drawings ...