Quote of the day
A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea.
James Ensor
Born: April 13, 1860
Died: November 19, 1949 (aged 89)
Bio: James Sidney Edouard, Baron Ensor was a Belgian painter and printmaker, an important influence on expressionism and surrealism who lived in Ostend for almost his entire life. He was associated with the artistic group Les XX.
Known for:
- Christ's Entry Into Brussels in 1889 (1888)
- Masks Confronting Death (1888)
- The Oyster-eater (1882)
- Portrait of the Artist Surrounded by Masks (1899)
- Self-portrait with flowered hat (1883)