During the 1880s, James Ensor lived in his hometown of Ostend and was often in the company of Alfred William Finch who, like Ensor, was of British ancestry and grew up in the seaside resort. Their work from this period, shortly after the two young artists had left the Brussels Academy, is very similar in style and technique. The many portraits they drew and painted of each other bear witness to their close friendship. Willy Finch in the Studio is an expressive yet realistic portrait, quickly executed in heavy, tachistic areas of paint. Ensor used a palette knife to accentuate the impasto paint and, by scraping parts away, allowed the underlying layers to play a pictorial role. Through the subtle play of light, Ensor wanted the physiognomy of his friend to be recognisable.
| Artist |
James Ensor
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| Title | Willy Finch in the Studio |
| Date | ca. 1880 - ca. 1882 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) top left: Ensor |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1986-AH |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Galerie Atelier (F. Aerts) 1986 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1986-AH |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/3560/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300015637
portraits
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300124520 interior views AAT 300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A231
standing figure
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31D14 adult man Iconclass 47A21 workshop-interior Iconclass 48B artist (in general) Iconclass 48B1 artist at work, in his workshop Iconclass 48B11 workshop, studio of the artist (in general) Iconclass 48B12 working situations of artist Iconclass 48B121 artist (in general) making preliminary designs, sketching Iconclass 48C5111 workshop, studio ~ painter Iconclass 48C51111 studio requisites ~ painter Iconclass 48C5152 palette Iconclass 61B2 historical persons Iconclass 61B2(ALFRED-WILLIAM FINCH) historical person (ALFRED-WILLIAM FINCH) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Impressionist (style) AAT |
| James Ensor : Tekeningen en prenten / Robert Hoozee, Sabine Bown-Taevernier, Jan Frederik Heijbroek. - Antwerpen : Mercatorfonds, 1987 (p. 43) |
| L' univers d'Ensor : paysages, intérieurs, natures mortes 1880-1887 / Robert Hoozee. - Paris : Musée du Petit Palais (Parijs), 1990 (nr. 24) |
| James Ensor : Catalogue raisonné des peintures ; I. 1875-1902 ; II.1902-1941 / Xavier Tricot. - Anvers : Pandora, 1992 (dl. I, nr. 141) |
| 200 jaar verzamelen : Collectieboek Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent / Arnout Balis, Robert Hoozee, Maximiliaan P.J. Martens, Paul Van Haute. - Gent : Ludion, 2000 (p. 268 (ill. 97)) |
| D'Ensor à Magritte dans les collections du Musée de Gand (exposition Lodève, Musée de Lodève-Hôtel du Cardinal de Fleury, 19 novembre 2004 - 27 février 2005) / Maïthé Vallès-Bled, Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Helke Lauwaert, Bruno Fornari. - Lodève : Musée de Lodève, 2004 ; Milano : Mazzotta, 2004 (p. 35-37, cat. 2) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. II, p. 148-149 (ill.)) |
| 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. 68, nr. 71 (ill.)) |
| James Ensor : Schrecken ohne Ende (Ausstellung Wuppertal, Von der Heydt-Museum, 12. Oktober 2008 - 8. februar 2009) / Gerhard Finckh, Joachim Heusinger von Waldegg, Herwig Todts, Norbert Hostyn. - Wuppertal : Von der Heydt-Museum, 2008 |
| James Ensor : Leven en werk ; Oeuvrecatalogus van de schilderijen / Xavier Tricot. - Brussel : Mercatorfonds, 2009 (p. 261, cat. 160 (ill.)) |
| James Ensor : The Complete Paintings / Xavier Tricot. - Ostfildern : Hatje Cantz, 2009 (p. 261, cat. 160 (ill.)) |
| Henry van de Velde : Passie - Functie - Schoonheid (tentoonstelling Brussel, Jubelparkmuseum, 13.09.2013 - 12.01.2014) / Thomas Föhl, Sabine Walter, Werner Adriaenssens. - Tielt : Uitgeverij Lannoo, 2013 |
| Belgische schone : Ensor tot Magritte ; Hoogtepunten uit de verzameling van het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent (tentoonstelling Laren, Singer Laren, 16.06 - 30.08.2015) / Johan De Smet, Jan Rudolph De Lorm. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2015 ; Laren : Singer Laren, 2015 ; Heule : Uitgeverij Snoeck, 2015 (cat. 7 (ill.)) |
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