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
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| Title | Portrait of the Artist Henry De Groux |
| Date | ca. 1883 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | inscription and signature bottom left: Henry De Groux par / Ensor |
| 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 currently not 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
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300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| 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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