
Ensor, James比利时, 1860–19491860–1949 · 工作地
Ostend
1880s
Brief trips to France and the Netherlands
Ensor travelled very little: in the 1880s, just three brief trips to France and two to the Netherlands.
1881
First exhibition, with La Chrysalide
Ensor first showed his work in public, with the Belgian avant-garde group La Chrysalide in Brussels.
1882
The Paris Salon: 'rubbish'
Ensor's works were shown at the Paris Salon with the Brussels association L'Essor, but one critic called his pictures 'rubbish'.
1882
The Salon rejects “The Oyster Eater”
“The Oyster Eater”, a portrait of the artist's sister, was rejected by the Antwerp Salon, and a year later by L'Essor, because of its unconventional composition. These setbacks led Ensor to join Les XX, founded in 1883 with Khnopff, Finch and Théo van Rysselberghe among its members.
1883–1893 · 入会
Les XX