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The Despair of Pierrot or Pierrot in Despair (second version)
James Ensor•1910
Style
Symbolic Painting
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Expressionism
Rated by Daniel Ginn (4) and 2 more
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Joseph K
9 months ago
This portrait seems based on Jean-Antoine Watteau's "Pierrot" but doesn't have the power of mystery and suggestiveness that its model has. Perhaps because Ensor insists too much on a certain cruelty within the humour?
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