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Portrait of the Artist Henry De Groux, ca. 1883

  • Conté crayon, paper
  • 227 x 175 mm
  • Inv. 2003-CC

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The sketch of the painter and graphic artist Henry De Groux belongs to an extensive series of drawings that Ensor made around 1883 of his family and friends. Ensor did not regard them as portrait studies; they are rather fragmented observations of his immediate surroundings. In the 1880s, Ensor maintained a friendly relationship with De Groux, whom he knew through the circle of Brussels art association Les XX. Later on, this relationship changed completely, and Ensor even incorporated the figure of De Groux in satirical paintings.

Artist

James Ensor RKD VIAF Wikidata
Ostend 1860 - Ostend 1949
draftsmen (artists)AAT

Title Portrait of the Artist Henry De Groux
Date ca. 1883
Period 19th century
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings inscription and signature bottom left: <p><span style="font-family:Segoe UI;font-size:9.0pt;">Henry De Groux par / Ensor</span></p>
Collection print room
Object type pencil drawings AAT
Inventory number 2003-CC
Acquisition credit purchase
Van der Perre, Paul (coll.)
Brussels
2003
Current whereabouts Work on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2003-CC
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/5494/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300015637 portraits AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT
Keywords Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass
31D14 adult man Iconclass
48C513 portrait, self-portrait of painter Iconclass
48C532 portrait, self-portrait of graphic artist Iconclass
61B2(HENRY DE GROUX) historical person (HENRY DE GROUX) Iconclass
School / Style Impressionist (style) AAT
Kunstenaarsportretten (uit Antwerpen, Brugge en Gent : tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 26 mei - 19 augustus 2007) / Dorine Cardyn-Oomen, Nanny Schrijvers, Monique Tahon-Vanroose. - Gent : Vlaamse Kunstcollectie, 2007 (p. 67, nr. 69 (ill.))
James Ensor, Occasional Modernist : Ensor's artistic and social ideas and the interpretation of his art / Herwig Todts. - Turnhout : Brepols, 2018 (p. 307 (ill. 64))
onder vrienden : 225 jaar verzamelaars rond het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent (tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 25.11.2023 - 28.04.2024) / Johan De Smet, Frederica Van Dam, Willy Van der Gucht, Manfred Sellink. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2023 ; Gent : De Vrienden van het Museum, 2023 (p. 192, cat. 204 (ill.))
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