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Group of Trees, 1888

  • etching, paper
  • 93 x 131 mm
  • Inv. 1998-B-41-1

Public Domain

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Ensor usually based his etchings on his own drawings, or derived certain motifs from them. As far as is known, however, Ensor drew few landscapes. In view of the relatively large number of landscape etchings (about 20), it seems as if the artist went straight into nature with the etching plate. Ensor etched a few faces in the woods around Ostend and made a series of polder landscapes with villages, detached houses or windmills: Mariakerke, Leffinge, Slijkens and Oudenburg. As an etcher after nature, Ensor was especially fascinated by the rendering of the light in the woods and on the polder plain. He etched with small, nervous traits that tremble with tension. His landscapes are characterised by controlled, sparse writing, which gives them an evocative power.

Artist

James EnsorRKDVIAFWikidata
Ostend 1860 - Ostend 1949
etchersAAT

TitleGroup of Trees
Date 1888
Period19th century
Medium and supportetchingAAT
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings signatures (names) bottom right: Ensor
inscription on the reverse: AT
Collectionprint room
Object type etching AAT
Inventory number1998-B-41-1
Acquisition credit purchase
Taevernier, Auguste (coll.)
1998
Current whereaboutsWork currently not on display
Permalinkhttps://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1998-B-41-1
IIIF Manifesthttps://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/4049/manifest.json