{"id":26527,"date":"2026-02-27T09:33:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T09:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mck.krakow.pl\/wystawy\/james-ensor-1860-1949-grafika-i-malarstwo\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T10:37:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T10:37:34","slug":"james-ensor-1860-1949-grafika-i-malarstwo","status":"publish","type":"wystawy","link":"https:\/\/mck.krakow.pl\/en\/wystawy\/james-ensor-1860-1949-grafika-i-malarstwo\/","title":{"rendered":"James Ensor (1860\u20131945). Prints and Paintings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"entry_text_lg wp-block-paragraph\">James Ensor \u2013 a famous and controversial figure, a precursor of Symbolism and Expressionism. His artistic interests revolved around the printing techniques, while the works were permeated with a number of diverse motifs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer mob20\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"entry_text wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"block_e26d6d917cad896e6f9c35a04d31d1bd\">\n    \n    <div class=\"height48\"><\/div>\n\n    \n    \n\n    <div class=\"row\">\n        <div class=\"col-xxl-5 col-xl-5 col-lg-5 col-md-12 col-sm-12\">\n                        <div class=\"left_img\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mck.krakow.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/James_Ensor_plakat1_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"img_all\">                 <div\n                    class=\"entry_img_text  entry_img_text14 \">\n                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"col-xxl-7 col-xl-7 col-lg-7 col-md-12 col-sm-12 right_sec_entry\">\n            <div class=\"entry_text1\">\n                <!--<div class=\"entry_text1_img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mck.krakow.pl\/wp-content\/themes\/mck\/images\/Frame 3323.png\"\n                        alt=\"\"><\/div>-->\n                Skeletons, demons, obscure figures in masks, gloomy creatures \u2013 such and other figures populate Ensor\u2019s art. The blasphemous images stand in contrast to the poetic mood and allure of seascapes from Ostenda \u2013 the place of Ensor\u2019s birth.             <\/div>\n            <div class=\"sign\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n\n<div id=\"block_972f7335fb360abb9b2159865779ac8c\">\n    \n    \n    <\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"entry_text wp-block-paragraph\">The International Cultural Centre presentation of Ensor\u2019s prints was the first of its scope in Poland. The exhibition was further fleshed out with oil paintings and drawings from the private collections, the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp and the collection of the KBC Bank in Brussels.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"block_8a2dcdd8c5f0f663bf155a4e809c93f4\">\n    \n    <div class=\"height48\"><\/div>\n\n    \n    \n    <div class=\"row\">\n\n        <div class=\"col-xxl-7 col-xl-7 col-lg-7 col-md-12 col-sm-12 right_sec_entry\">\n            <div class=\"entry_text1\">\n                <!--<div class=\"entry_text1_img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mck.krakow.pl\/wp-content\/themes\/mck\/images\/Frame 3323.png\"\n                        alt=\"\"><\/div>-->\n                Krakow exhibition is a hit (\u2026). Its design is clear and discreetly decorative. The authors (\u2026) deserve all kinds of praise. (\u2026) Suggestiveness of Ensor\u2019s vision does not allow anybody to remain indifferent, while the magic of his name lures the visitors \u2013 it\u2019s been quite some time since the International Cultural Centre drew such huge audiences. 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His artistic interests revolved around the printing techniques, while the works were permeated with a number of diverse motifs. The International Cultural Centre presentation of Ensor\u2019s prints was the first of its scope in Poland. 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