Anger (La Colère), from the Deadly Sins (Les Péchés Capitaux) series
James Ensor
Belgian, 1860–1949
Details
Title
Anger (La Colère), from the Deadly Sins (Les Péchés Capitaux) series
Artist/Maker
James Ensor (Belgian, 1860–1949)
Date
1904
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
6 5/16" x 9 7/8"
Credit
Purchase with funds from the Lawrence and Alfred Fox Foundation for the Ralph K. Uhry Collection
Accession #
72.8 C
On View
Currently not on view
Ensor depicts the dire results of unchecked anger: brutal battles to the death between men and women. The figure of Death overhead seems to fan the fires of murderous passions below. The space is littered with victims and spattered with blood.
