Summary
Despite this concentration, his print production is astonishingly varied. He could turn out a traditional landscape like the gloriously gusty 'Grand View of Mariakerke' (1887) with a breeziness of touch worthy of Rembrandt, or descend into the childish scrawl of 'The Infernal Cortege' (1886/7), with its snaking conga of phantasmagoric figures foreshadowing Picasso's 'Don Quixote'.
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Out of This World
Lady Lever Art Gallery, until 22 September
It's hard to imagine a more unlikely place for a James Ensor exhibition than the Lady Lever Art Gallery in Port Sunlight, the squeaky-clean temple to Edwardian taste in art founded by Viscount Leverhulme on the pro...See the full content of this document