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James Sidney Edouard, Baron Ensor (13 April 1860 – 19 November 1949) was a Belgian painter and printmaker, an important influence on expressionism and surrealism who lived in Ostend for most of his life. He was associated with the artistic group Les XX.
Ensor's father, James Frederic Ensor, born in Brussels to English parents, was a cultivated man who studied engineering in England and Germany. Ensor's mother, Maria Catherina Haegheman, was Belgian. Ensor himself lacked interest in academic study and left school at the age of fifteen to begin his artistic training with two local painters. From 1877 to 1880, he attended the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, where one of his fellow students was Fernand Khnopff. Ensor first exhibited his work in 1881. From 1880 until 1917, he had his studio in the attic of his parents' house. His travels were very few: three brief trips to France and two to the Netherlands in the 1880s, and a four-day trip to London in 1892.
During the late 19th century, much of Ensor's work was rejected as scandalous, particularly his painting Christ's Entry Into Brussels in 1889 (1888–89). The Belgian art critic Octave Maus famously summed up the response from contemporaneous art critics to Ensor's innovative (and often scathingly political) work: "Ensor is the leader of a clan. Ensor is the limelight. Ensor sums up and concentrates certain principles which are considered to be anarchistic. In short, Ensor is a dangerous person who has great changes. ... He is consequently marked for blows. It is at him that all the harquebuses are aimed. It is on his head that are dumped the most aromatic containers of the so-called serious critics." Some of Ensor's contemporaneous work reveals his defiant response to this criticism. For example, the 1887 etching "Le Pisseur" depicts the artist urinating on a graffitied wall declaring (in the voice of an art critic) "Ensor est un fou" or "Ensor is a Madman."
Ensor's paintings continued to be exhibited and he gradually won acceptance and acclaim. In 1895 his painting The Lamp Boy (1880) was acquired by the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels, and he had his first solo exhibition in Brussels. By 1920 he was the subject of major exhibitions; in 1929 he was named a Baron by King Albert, and was the subject of the Belgian composer Flor Alpaerts's James Ensor Suite; and in 1933 he was awarded the band of the Légion d'honneur. Alfred H. Barr Jr., the founding director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, after considering Ensor's 1887 painting Tribulations of Saint Anthony (now in MoMA's collection), declared Ensor the boldest painter working at that time.
Even in the first decade of the 20th century, however, Ensor's production of new works was diminishing, and he increasingly concentrated on music—although he had no musical training, he was a gifted improviser on the harmonium, and spent much time performing for visitors.Against the advice of friends, he remained in Ostend during World War II despite the risk of bombardment. In his old age, he was an honored figure among Belgians, and his daily walk made him a familiar sight in Ostend. He died there following a short illness, on 19 November 1949 at the age of 89.
In the realm where dreams blend with reality, "Whispers of the Dreaming Soul" emerges as a profound exploration of the ethereal dance between the conscious and the subconscious. Through vibrant hues, daring shapes, and emotive textures, this collection invites you on a journey deep into the heart of human emotion, where the lines between the seen and unseen are beautifully blurred. Each piece serves as a gateway to understanding the unspoken dialogues within us, offering a unique perspective on the continuum of existence. As you immerse yourself in this exquisite display, allow the whispers of the dreaming soul to guide you through a landscape of inner discovery and transcendental beauty.
Poem:
Upon the Canvas of the Night
In strokes of shadow, bursts of light,
A dreamer paints the soul's flight,
Where fears and hopes in colors bright,
Entwine in dance, dispel the plight.
In depths where silent whispers dwell,
Beneath the conscious, surface swell,
Emotions in rebellion yell,
Yet in the chaos, beauty's spell,
Weaves tales that only art can tell.
A journey through the heart's domain,
Where joy meets sorrow, pleasure, pain,
And through the tempest, calm again,
The canvas holds, in every stain,
The essence of the dreamer's reign.
Within this realm, no boundaries known,
Where seeds of unseen worlds are sown,
Expression's purest form is shown,
And through such art, we're gently thrown
Into realms to us, previously unknown.
Haiku:
Dreams weave through the void,
Colours blend, emotions swirl,
Souls speak without words.
The top of the building is designed to look like a bowl with two chopsticks in it... the 'chopsticks' in this case are glass-enclosed escalators that lead to the observation levels. A glass elevator (left side) takes you to the escalators.
Chilehaus, 1922, architect Fritz Höger. German clinker expressionism. A kontorhaus project for Henry B. Sloman, a Hamburg merchant and banker who successfully engaged in the nitrate trade with Chile.
900 Whitmore, in Palmer Park Historic District. Designed in 1938 by Robert West. Has been called Bauhaus Modernist - looks to jump off from German Expressionism.
A project inspired by Abstract Expressionism, Jackson Pollock, Ciro Toku and Kilford.
Water, a scanner, and layering.
Artwork by David Paul Mesler. Pianist, Vocalist, Composer, Songwriter. Seattle, Washington USA. 2012.
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ALL FOR THE GLORY OF GOD.
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Peering into the maze of scaffolding that filled the interior of the Cabot Circus dome during construction. September 2007
In the Fauvist style by Alexej von Jawlenski (1864-1941), a Russian-born artist who moved to Germany in 1894, playing a leading role in the Blaue Reiter and other modernist movements.
a light PP here: just underexposing the high ISOs on M8 with slow shutter speeds then playing with the 'levels' afterwards.
i mostly use the 'noise' as a painting effect in this type of shots..
Aerosol on board 2.4 x 1.2 m. Neo Expressionist motif based on graffiti in urban environments. Here I have attempted to capture the city at night. I have used anthropomorphic gestures to break up the colour so as to draw in the viewer.
"Winter Sun" is my favorite abstract of the day. The winter sun melts into the wet concrete floor of my garage.
One more project resulting from a recent workshop that I attended. This image is an example of "panning". The shutter speed was set at 1/6th second and the camera was given a small upward motion as the image was captured. The trick is to get the right amount of motion in the camera.
ERICH HECKEL or German Expressionism
A magnificent exhibition in Ghent (Belgium)
At the end of 2024, the Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) dedicated an exhibition to the German artist Erich Heckel (1883-1970). Heckel was one of the leading figures of German Expressionism and a co-founder of the artists' association Brücke.
From the end of the 19th century, young artists in Germany resisted the fleeting nature of Impressionism. In Dresden, the Brücke artists' association was founded in 1905. The 22-year-old Erich Heckel was one of the co-founders. This association of self-taught artists aimed to express strong joie de vivre in a common style of bright colors and angular forms. This style is called Expressionism: the artist tries to convey inner emotions through form and color rather than objective reality.
At the outbreak of World War I, Heckel was in his early thirties. Nevertheless, he already enjoyed a solid reputation in Germany. During the war, he became acquainted with Flanders. As a nurse for the Red Cross, he traveled to Ghent, Roeselare, and Ostend. On the hospital train, assembled by Walter Kaesbach, a curator of the Berlin National Gallery, were other painters and writers. As a result, the emergency hospital at Ostend station grew into a true artists' colony. Heckel met James Ensor there and developed a special friendship with his fellow nurse, the young poet Ernst Morwitz, whose literary world had a significant influence on his visual work.
During the war, Heckel's artistic activities continued. Between their shifting duties, the members of the artists' colony had enough time to devote to their art. In addition to several paintings, many gouaches, watercolors, drawings, and graphic works have been preserved: views of Roeselare, Ostend, and Ghent, sometimes featuring picturesque figures and bathers, but also still lifes, landscapes, and seascapes.
Despite the historical context, Heckel's stay in Flanders extended beyond World War I. Heckel was not a 'war artist' but a nurse working mainly behind the front lines. As a draftsman, he made numerous sketches of the places he visited and the people he observed. As a painter, he was particularly impressed by the Flemish landscape and the North Sea, with their unique cloud formations where light always tries to break through; motifs that seemed both foreign and familiar to him. The Flemish landscapes reminded him of the early days of the Brücke, when Heckel and his friends Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff would go out to paint en plein air.
(Source : MSK GHENT – BELGIUM)
An artwork by David Paul Mesler. Pianist, Vocalist, Composer, Songwriter. Seattle, Washington USA. 2013.
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FOR GOD'S GLORY.
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In the realm where dreams blend with reality, "Whispers of the Dreaming Soul" emerges as a profound exploration of the ethereal dance between the conscious and the subconscious. Through vibrant hues, daring shapes, and emotive textures, this collection invites you on a journey deep into the heart of human emotion, where the lines between the seen and unseen are beautifully blurred. Each piece serves as a gateway to understanding the unspoken dialogues within us, offering a unique perspective on the continuum of existence. As you immerse yourself in this exquisite display, allow the whispers of the dreaming soul to guide you through a landscape of inner discovery and transcendental beauty.
Poem:
Upon the Canvas of the Night
In strokes of shadow, bursts of light,
A dreamer paints the soul's flight,
Where fears and hopes in colors bright,
Entwine in dance, dispel the plight.
In depths where silent whispers dwell,
Beneath the conscious, surface swell,
Emotions in rebellion yell,
Yet in the chaos, beauty's spell,
Weaves tales that only art can tell.
A journey through the heart's domain,
Where joy meets sorrow, pleasure, pain,
And through the tempest, calm again,
The canvas holds, in every stain,
The essence of the dreamer's reign.
Within this realm, no boundaries known,
Where seeds of unseen worlds are sown,
Expression's purest form is shown,
And through such art, we're gently thrown
Into realms to us, previously unknown.
Haiku:
Dreams weave through the void,
Colours blend, emotions swirl,
Souls speak without words.