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The Mysteries of the Four Balls relates to four clay balls thrown towards the four cardinal points for the protection of Osiris

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Henry De Groux (1866-1930): maître de la démesure. Occident everything comes to signify theHenry de Groux was born in Brussels in 1866 and died in Marseille in 1930. The son of the realist painter Charles Degroux, Henry was devastated by his father's premature death and benefited from the protection of his elder brother, Flicien Rops. A draftsman, painter, sculptor, illustrator, and writer, he worked alongside Degouve de Nuncques, Ensor, Bloy, Mallarm, Zola, and many others. Known for causing a scandal at an exhibition of the avant garde