Flemish fantastique and grotesque
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The father of the Flemish fantastique and grotesque is the Dutch master Hieronymus Bosch. Together with Pieter Bruegel the Elder, these two painters define the roots of the Flemish fantastique and grotesque.
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Visual art
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Pieter Bruegel the Elder
- The Fall of the Rebel Angels [1]
- Dull Gret
- Big Fish Eat Little Fish, drawing
- The temptation of St. Anthony (Breughel drawing)[2] (1556).
- Divus Jacobus diabolicis praestigiis ante magum sistitur (St. James is arrefled before the magician by diabolical delufions)[3].
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Bosch
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The Four Seasons by Joos de Momper
 Spring, one of the The Four Seasons (early 17th century) by Joos de Momper |
 Summer, one of the The Four Seasons (early 17th century) by Joos de Momper |
 Autumn, one of the The Four Seasons (early 17th century) by Joos de Momper |
 Winter, one of the The Four Seasons (early 17th century) by Joos de Momper |
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Others
- The work of Cornelis Bos, Cornelis Cort, Cornelis Floris, Joris Hoefnagel, Frans Floris, Philip Galle, Jan Mandyn, Marten de Vos, Hieronymus Cock, Pieter van der Heyden and Otto van Veen.
- Pourtraicture ingenieuse de plusieurs façon de Masques. Fort utile aulx painctres, orseures, Taillieurs de pierres, voirriers et Taillieurs d'images by Cornelis Floris, engraved by Frans Huys.
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Literature
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20th century
The grotesques of Gaston Burssens, Paul van Ostaijen and Gust Gils. Paul van Ostaijen's grotesque prose pieces were inspired by Edgar Allan Poe, Paul Scheerbart and Mynona.
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See also
- Magic realism (Belgium)
- Flemish art
- Fantastic art
- Fantastique
- Belgian French-language literature in the fantastique genre
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Bibliography
- De zotte schilders : moraalridders van het penseel rond Bosch, Bruegel en Brouwer
- Le Fantastique Dans L'Art Flamand (1947) by Paul Fierens
- Cornelius Bos: a study of the origins of the Netherland grotesque by Sune Schéle
- Louis Maeterlinck
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