Christus / Christ
SYMB 5100 "Black is the most essential of all colors." wrote Redon in To Oneself, a revealing work, as the pictorial and graphic production...Read more
Le vice suprême
SYMB 5048 Rops’ works underline his love of the whimsical and the supernatural, and his works are mainly made out of skeletons, devils and...Read more
De pauwen / Les paons
SYMB 5201 Degouve de Nuncques likes solitude and it’s only on rare occasions that a living figure animates his work, always reminiscent...Read more
De bespotting van Christus / Le Christ aux outrages
SYMB 5302 In 1890, Henry De Groux exhibited his ‘Christ aux Outrages’ during the Brussels Fair. His controversial work led to heated debate....Read more
De schatten van Satan / Les trésors de Satan
SYMB 5403 Far from a sanctimonious foil, ‘Satan’s Treasures’ mixes eroticism and Satanism in a work loaded with ambiguity. Catholics were...Read more
Zondagnamiddag / Dimanche après-midi
SYMB 5504 From his youth, Van de Woestyne showed a religious vocation and, in 1905, he entered the Louvain Benedictine abbey as a postulant....Read more
De dode Orpheus / Orphée mort
SYMB 5605 This works draws on a form of deliberate vagueness. Orpheus’ head floats in an undefined space, both sky and sea. Spiritual...Read more
Eva of De appel / Eve ou La pomme
SYMB 5706 A naked young woman leans on a green slope, looking at a glittering apple. Nearby, the apple tree stands out against a cloudy...Read more
Over de stilte / Du silence
SYMB 5807 To personify his Silence, Khnopff chooses a feminine figure, cut three-quarters high and filling the all picture plane. She is...Read more
Luisterend naar muziek van Schumann / En écoutant du Schumann
SYMB 5908 This scene is infused with a melancholic and contemplative atmosphere. The true topic of the painting is the emotional effect...Read more