1886
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1886 ink by James Ensor, a Impressionism work, depicting Grote Kerk, held at Museum of Modern Art.
You see a dark, crowded church interior—rows of pews, flickering candles, and shadowy figures packed together. Ensor made this etching the same year he painted *The Entry of Christ into Brussels*. Both works feel chaotic, but here the chaos is quieter, almost hidden. The lines are scratchy, like he dug the needle into the metal with restless energy. Look up the technique of drypoint to see how artists like Ensor used it to add texture and mood.
James Sidney Edouard, Baron Ensor (13 April 1860 – 19 November 1949) was a Belgian painter and printmaker, an important influence on expressionism and surrealism who lived in Ostend for most of his life.
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