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James Ensor

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Pencil sketch of two masks on a surface, one with hollow eye holes, with draped cloth and soft shadows in the background.

Two masks

1885

Pencil sketch of a lion hunt with a lion, a mounted or standing figure raising a spear, and other loose figures.

Study sheet of the lion hunt

Pencil sketch of a crowd of agitated figures, some gesturing and one wearing a turban, against a dark shaded background.

Mordecai's Triumph

1885

Sketchbook page with loose charcoal figures, a small cart at upper right, and smudged shading across the paper.

Silhouettes and cart

Pencil sketch of a lion attacking a horse with a rider and figures in violent, tangled motion.

The Lion Hunt

1885

Grey pencil sketch of a balcony with an iron railing beneath a tall shuttered window and building facade.

The Balcony

Pencil sketch of Neptune with a trident riding a sea creature, beside loose studies of a woman and a seated figure on torn pa

Neptune

Pen and ink sketch of a waterside landscape with a sailboat, a wooden bridge, trees, and a figure in a top hat.

The bridge of Six

1879

Ink sketch on lined paper showing a man in a top hat beside a sailing ship and two gesturing figures, with handwritten text.

Dramatische scène

1883

Pen and ink sketch of two male nudes, one seated facing left and one standing viewed from behind with arms extended.

Male nudes

Hamlet

Pencil sketch of several studies of heads and figures, including a bowed head and a figure seen from behind.

Studies of a bowed head

1883

Lion with hare

1885

Copy after Honoré Daumier

Loose graphite sketch on blue-grey paper of a seated female figure with smudged shadows, from a sketchbook page.

Mother of Ensor

1879

Pencil sketch of a man seated at a dining table with a cat on the cloth beside him.

Dining single man

1880

Faint smudged pencil sketch on a sketchbook page showing loose figure and tree forms, by James Ensor.

Wiped-away drawing

Charcoal sketch of grotesque figures, silhouettes and a bird-like head on yellowed paper, by James Ensor.

Silhouettes and grotesque figures

1880

Sleeping Girl

Pen sketch of a horse-drawn coach and crowd in a busy street, with loose studies of galloping horses below.

The Coach

Pencil and charcoal sketch of a dark arched footbridge with two figures above, drawn on a sketchbook page.

Little bridge (?)

1889

Pencil sketch of two birds perched on a branch beside a leaf, with a third bird in flight above.

Chinoiserie, three birds

Pencil sketch by James Ensor of a cone shape with a rounded animal-like head at center and hatched shading.

Emblem

Charcoal sketch of a crowd of figures in hats walking along a street, seen from behind, with loose dark strokes.

Crowd of People

Charcoal sketch of a top-hatted man in a dark coat tilting backward while gripping a walking stick.

Fisherman falling in the water

1880

Pencil sketch of a boat in the foreground with a faint standing figure drawn above it on aged paper.

Little boat and figure

1880

Charcoal sketch by James Ensor showing a seated woman, a bent standing figure in a doorway, and a draped figure below.

The First Steps

1880

Pencil sketch of two standing male figures beside a large shaded tree trunk on a ruled notebook page.

Anatomical study and two figures

Pencil sketch of several sailboats on calm water, with a handwritten signature near the bottom by James Ensor.

Sailboats

1892

Charcoal sketch of a fierce, caricatured warrior leaning forward with flowing hair and a billowing robe, by James Ensor.

Chinoiserie, a warrior

1885

Sketch of a man in a cap and jacket leaning on a walking stick, with a faint face drawn to the left on a beige page.

Man leaning on a stick

Charcoal and red chalk sketch of silhouetted men in hats and large faces amid dense hatched strokes.

Silhouettes and heads

1880