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James Ensor

478 works

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Portrait of a Man

Pencil sketch of a building facade with balcony and doorway, a seated figure at lower left, and a face and standing figures a

House, jesters, portrait

Man with paint pot

1880

Charcoal sketch of men in top hats and dark coats surrounding a woman in a pale dress, drawn in loose hatched strokes.

Wordly meeting

Charcoal drawing of a helmeted figure holding a lance beside a dark shadowy standing figure, with loose sketched lines.

Don Quichotte

Pencil sketch of a mounted officer leading a cavalry charge under billowing flags, with smoke and fallen soldiers in the fore

Charging army

Pencil sketch of two standing men by a tree with a peacock in outline at lower right, on a sketchbook page.

Two gentlemen and peacock

Charcoal drawing of a man's head with closed eyes, framed by dark hatched shading in an oval on pale paper.

Dead monk

Pencil sketch sheet of grotesque jester figures on pedestals, a standing figure, and a rear-view head study.

Jesters

Pencil sketch of a spiral staircase beside a curved wall, with a loose drapery sketch at upper right.

Spiral staircase

Charcoal sketch of women seated at a table in a dark interior, one wearing a hat, on toned paper.

The Master Painter

Pencil sketch on a sketchbook page of a woman's head with dark hatched hair, plus studies of a hand above.

Sleeping woman

Charcoal sketch of a woman with dark curls and a light headscarf, head turned slightly, looking toward the viewer.

Woman

Sketch sheet of late 19th-century figures in charcoal: women in hats, a standing man, a seated man, and a dancing couple.

Figures

1880

Pen and ink sketch of a crowded beer garden with seated patrons, mugs, a child and a dog in the foreground.

Café-concert à Munich

1880

Charcoal and red chalk sketch by James Ensor showing a large woman's head above small sketched figures and silhouettes.

Woman's head and silhouettes

Charcoal sketch of a group of dark-robed, hooded figures gathered on open ground beneath a hatched sky.

Monks at the ball game

Pencil sketch page with loose studies of standing figures in coats and hats, plus fragmentary hands and drapery at left.

Hands and silhouettes

A Man and a Woman

Charcoal sketch of a standing man in a cloak and hat, with four loosely drawn faces around him.

Don Quichotte and 4 faces

1877

Portrait of a woman

Loose charcoal sketch of a stallion standing in tall grass, head turned to the right, on a pale paper sheet.

Stallion

Colored crayon drawing by James Ensor of a ballet scene with dancers and crowds beneath swirling cloud-like forms.

Ballet scene

1905

Pencil study sheet with a dog head, a seated man writing, a hand with pen, a bearded face and a standing figure.

Theo Hannon

1880

Pencil sketch of an elderly bearded man in a cap, head tilted, with loose hatching on a pale sheet.

Man with hat

1881

Mitche

1880

Three figures

Graphite sketch sheet with studies of several insects, including a beetle, dragonfly and flies, on aged grey paper.

insects

Antique head

1877

Charcoal sketch on grey paper of dark trees and small silhouetted figures walking along a path.

Silhouettes

Pencil sketch of an elderly woman's head with closed eyes, tilted, shaded background, on cream paper.

Sleeping old woman

Charcoal sketch on tan paper of a female figure with bowed head and raised arm, with smudged shading below.

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