The pencil sketch of the painter and fellow townsman Willy Finch belongs to an extensive series of drawings that Ensor made around 1883 of his circle of family and friends. Ensor did not regard them as portrait studies; they are rather fragmented observations of his immediate surroundings. Willy Finch regularly appears in Ensor's study drawings, oil sketches and paintings during this period. The museum owns an oil sketch of Finch by Ensor, painted around the same time (inv. 1986-AH).
| Artist |
James Ensor
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| Title | Portrait of the Artist Willy Finch |
| Date | 1883 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Location | Ostend TGN |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | Signature, location and year bottom right: Ensor / Ostende 1883 |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | pencil drawings AAT |
| Inventory number | 2003-AX-recto |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Galerie Pierre Hallet Brussels 2003 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2003-AX-recto |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/4826/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300015637
portraits
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300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A71
male sex; man
Iconclass
31D14 adult man Iconclass 48C512 painter in non-work situation Iconclass 48C513 portrait, self-portrait of painter Iconclass 61B2 historical persons Iconclass 61B2(ALFRED-WILLIAM FINCH) historical person (ALFRED-WILLIAM FINCH) 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. 70 (ill.)) |
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