Christ's Entry into Brussels in 1889
by James Ensor, 1889
Artwork Details
Details
- Year
- 1889
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 252.7 cm × 430.5 cm
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Finished in 1889 by James Ensor, provocative vision of Christ entering modern Brussels amid a carnival of masked figures. The composition satirizes contemporary society through grotesque masks and chaotic crowds.
Ensor's work imagines Christ's reception in modern Belgium, surrounded by political banners and carnival grotesques. The work shocked contemporary viewers. It's at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.
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About Christ's Entry into Brussels in 1889
It's at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels.
Ensor used carnival masks to satirize Belgian society and question how modern people would receive Christ.
James Ensor imagined Christ's second coming in modern Brussels as a chaotic carnival parade with masked figures and political banners. Painted in 1889, it was so radical that even his avant-garde circle refused to exhibit it.
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