James Ensor, Les masques intrigués, 1930, huile sur toile, 50,5 x 61,5 cm. Fondation Emanuel Hoffmann, prêt permanent à la Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel © photo Kunstmuseum Basel, Martin Bühler © 2007, ProLitteris, Zurich.

LAUSANNE.- The Fondation de l’Hermitage is presenting the first exhibition in Switzerland to offer a comprehensive overview of Belgian painting at the end of the 19th century, highlighting the seminal ‘XX’ and ‘Libre Esthétique’ groups which, within just three decades, saw Belgian artists emerging among the most innovative of Europe’s avant-garde. With over a hundred paintings and drawings, the exhibition reveals the outstanding painters of this period, revolving around the main movements which left their mark on those crucial years: Impressionism and Neo-Impressionism, Symbolism and Expressionism. (courtesy www.Artdaily.org)