Question
This painting was rejected by Les XX ("lay vahn") and features a man in a skull mask among a crowd of grotesque festival goers, many of whom represent real life or allegorical figures. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this painting in which the title figure rides on a donkey under a banner reading "Vive La Sociale."
ANSWER: Christ's Entry into Brussels in 1889 [accept Entry of Christ into Brussels or L'Entrée du Christ à Bruxelles]
[10e] The artist of Christ's Entry into Brussels, James Ensor, later split with Les XX over their adoption of this technique of using dots to create paintings pioneered by Georges Seurat ("zhorzh sir-AH") and Paul Signac ("see-NYAK").
ANSWER: Pointillism [or Pointillists]
[10m] An odd Ensor still life depicts a series of bottles in front of a person with this relationship on a deathbed. A person with this relationship provides the common name to the painting Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1.
ANSWER: mother [or mom; accept My Dead Mother or Whistler’s Mother; prompt on family member or parent]
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Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 40 | 21.75 | 100% | 93% | 25% |