Self-Portrait with Masks
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Self-Portrait with Masks is a famous painting by Belgian artist James Ensor in which he depicts himself surrounded by grotesque, carnival-like masks, reflecting his fascination with satire, death, and the absurd.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Self-Portrait with Masks canonical | 2 |
| Autoportrait avec masques | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
painting
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self-portrait ⓘ |
| artisticStyle |
distorted figures
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expressive brushwork ⓘ vivid color contrasts ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Belgium ⓘ |
| creator | James Ensor ⓘ |
| depicts |
James Ensor
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carnival masks ⓘ crowd of masks surrounding the artist ⓘ grotesque masks ⓘ skull-like faces ⓘ |
| describedAs |
famous painting by James Ensor
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key work of Belgian Symbolism ⓘ |
| genre |
expressionist painting
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symbolist painting ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
crowded composition
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masks ⓘ skulls ⓘ |
| inCollection |
Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
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surface form:
Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
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| influencedBy |
carnival culture in Ostend
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religious and macabre imagery ⓘ |
| interpretedAs |
critique of bourgeois society
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exploration of the artist’s inner psyche ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Antwerp ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | Belgium ⓘ |
| location |
Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
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surface form:
Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
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| mainSubject | self-portrait of the artist ⓘ |
| movement |
Expressionism
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Symbolism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
combination of humor and macabre imagery
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psychological self-representation ⓘ use of carnival masks as symbols ⓘ |
| originalLanguageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Self-Portrait with Masks
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Autoportrait avec masques
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| partOf | James Ensor’s body of work ⓘ |
| portrays | the artist as calm amid chaos ⓘ |
| theme |
carnival
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death ⓘ grotesque ⓘ masks and identity ⓘ satire ⓘ social critique ⓘ the absurd ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Autoportrait avec masques