Focus on The Intrigue (painting) and analyze the abstract.
The Intrigue is an oil-on-canvas painting created by Belgian expressionist painter James Ensor in 1890. This painting is in the possession of Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp and is part of the official inventory of Flemish masterpieces. Ensor painted a second version in 1911, which is now in the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
The use of masks in Ensor's paintings is prevalent. The masks and the use of colours increase the expressive quality of the painting. The sharp contrast that is created through the use of pure colours on white canvas is a follow-up on French impressionist traditions.
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