James Ensor

Exhibited by Gallery Sofie Van de Velde

Material Oil on canvas

Dimensions 65 × 57 cm

Price Available upon inquiry

Status Vetted

About the Work

The booth installation centers on James Ensor’s early masterpiece 'Le Salon Bourgeois' (1880), widely regarded as the first Impressionist painting produced in Belgium, marking James Ensor’s early engagement with the language of modern painting.

In this work, a certain tension becomes visible: the elegant furniture, decorative, almost historically tinged curtains and wallpaper, and wooden ornaments seem almost like a response to the new urbanity of that era.

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Provenance

Collection Francois Franck, Antwerp
Louis Bogaerts, Brussels
Louis Franck, Jr, Antwerp/London/Gstaad
Gustave Van Geluwe, Brussels
Estate Gustave Van Geluwe
Private collection, Brussels

Literature

Emile Verhaeren, James Ensor, G. Van Oest, Brussels, 1908, p. 109, “Le Salon bourgeois”, p.30 ill.
G. Le Roy, James Ensor, Brussels/Paris, 1922, p.175, p.38 ill.
J.E. Payro, James Ensor, Buenos Aires, 1943, p.16 ill.
Paul Haesaerts, James Ensor, 1957, p. 242 ill. ”studie voor Le Salon Bourgeois" p.375 nr.39
Francine Legrand, Ensor cet inconnu, 1971, nr. 35
Robert Delevoy, Ensor, Antwerp, Mercatorfonds, 1981, nr. 38, p. 60 ill.
Xavier Tricot, James Ensor. Oeuvrecatalogus van de schilderijen, Mercatorfonds, Brussels, 2009, nr. 168, p. 264 ill.
Nathalie Fransen, Jules Schmalzigaug en het kookboek van het futurisme, MuZee, Oostende, 2016, De plastische betekenis van kleur, p. 248 ill and p. 249-250
Luc Tuymans, Royal Academy of Arts, Intrigue: James Ensor, London, 2016-2017, p.47 nr. 4 ill.
Patrick Florizoone & Willem Coppejans, James Ensor - Fragmenten en echo’s, Galerie Ronny Van de Velde, Knokke, 2017, p. 76-79 ill.
Jan Ceuleers, Henry van de Velde en zijn tijdgenoten, Galerie Ronny Van de Velde, Knokke, 2018, pp. 70-71 ill.
Herwig Todts, James Ensor. Stoutste dromen, Hannibal, KMSKA, Antwerp, 2024, p. 58 ill.