Masks

Intrusive women, main family
Middle-class, an English daddy
The carnival in February
Poe, influence of fantasy
Shop of souvenirs, curiosity
He left the Royal Academy
Rip compere-la-mort
1949, James Ensor

Self-portraits covering deception
Bitterness and death, provocation
A famous Rubens parody
Ensor au chapeau fleuri
Caricatures used as a weapon
Facing himself, the skeleton
Merging dream and reality
Recognition, late 20th century

Jesus Christ, self-identification
Biblical themes, fascination
Works filled with complexity
Masks, emblems of anxiety
Symbolizing his proscription
'Savior of arts', in contradiction
Reaction against high society
He died as baron, unexpectedly

Masks, to conceal, hidden faces, to appeal
Masks, to hide, hidden faces, vision of fright