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James Ensor

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Pencil sketch of a hooded older man with a cloak and downturned expression, drawn in loose contour lines.

Copy after Goya

Pencil sketch of rooftops and a church spire with a cross, drawn by James Ensor in 1880, showing a town view.

Van Izegemlaan in Ostend

1880

Stairs, man, foliage (detail)

Charcoal drawing of a crowded interior with a framed portrait of a woman, decorative plates, and a seated elderly man in the

The artist's aunt

1886

Charcoal sketch of an interior with dark drapery and shadowy figures on grey paper, attributed to James Ensor.

Flowers in a Vase

Woman reading

Pencil sketch of three nude women wrestling on open ground, with arms locked and hair flowing.

Of Spartan girls wrestling

Pencil sketch of an interior with a seated woman at a table, a man perched on a ledge, and exposed roof beams.

Couple in interior

Charcoal portrait of a bearded, balding man in a dark collar, with handwritten name Emile Augier at upper right.

The Playwright Emile Augier

Charcoal drawing of a stooped old woman in a dark cloak beside a wooden chest, with smoke rising above.

Chinoiserie, an old woman

Pencil sketch of a sailboat with a billowing sail beside rocks and a pier at sunrise, with radiating light in the sky.

Sunrise

1880

Woman's head and small figures

Ink sketch of a seated woman in a hat beside a vase, with a standing woman at the right in an interior.

Two Women

Charcoal sketch of a dense crowd of soldiers and top-hatted citizens packed together in a street scene.

Group of soldiers and citizens

Ink and wash drawing of a stork preening its wing, with a second bird sketched at the right edge.

Chinoiserie, a stork

Loose pencil sketch of a seated woman in a hat bent over needlework at a table, by James Ensor.

Woman with needlework

1880

Graphite drawing of a reclining woman with closed eyes and folded hands holding a cross, on grey paper.

My dead mother

1915

Masquerade ball at the Monnaie

Woman's head

Pencil and crayon drawing of a seaside bench with seated figures beneath a grotesque sun face and clouds.

Plague here, Plague there, Plague everywhere

1888

My dead mother II

1915

Pencil sketch of a stone staircase and scaffolding with loosely drawn figures gathered in the lower half of the page.

Spiral staircase and figures

Pencil sketch of two cats and a latticed arched window on pale paper, with faint studies of a cat near the sill.

Cats and window

1873

Pencil sketch of a group of figures in an arched interior, drawn loosely on pale paper.

Genre scene

Charcoal sketch of a cloaked man raising one arm in a dynamic crouched pose, with loose hatched shading.

Don Quixote

Pencil sketch of a dark garment sleeve with hatched shadows and a pale cuff, drawn on grey paper.

Regents of the Old Men's House in Haarlem. Sleeve of a regentess

1880

Ink sketch of a crouching lioness tearing at prey on the ground, drawn with loose dark hatched strokes on grey paper.

Lioness tearing prey

Pen and ink drawing of beggars receiving alms at a doorway, with cloaked figures and a child seen from behind.

Beggars Receiving Alms at the Door of a House

1885

Pencil sketch of a seated man with bowed head, apparently writing or reading at a table, on a sketchbook page.

Man writing or reading

The Painter Gustave Courbet

Pen and ink sketch of a lion with a shaggy mane, head lowered, drawn with loose hatched strokes on pale paper.

Lion and turtle

1885

Ink sketch of an elderly man in a wide-brimmed hat and long coat, seen from behind, leaning on a walking stick.

Old man

Charcoal sketch of two men, one in a top hat and long coat, the other in a flat cap and jacket, standing side by side.

Two gentlemen

Study of hands and heads

1880

Charcoal sketch of a dark coat hanging on a rack beside a hatched wall, loosely drawn with broad diagonal strokes.

Detail of a coat rack

Charcoal sketch of a bearded man's head looking upward, framed by swirling ornamental scrollwork on torn paper.

Ornament - head

Pencil sketch of a rider on a rearing horse fighting a lion, with overlapping studies of limbs and faces.

Arab rider attacked by lion

1885

Loose ink sketch of a saddled horse seen from behind beside a robed rider in flowing garments on a pale ground.

Arab rider and horse

Pencil and ink study sheet with several standing figures in varied poses and handwritten numbers in the upper right.

Study of poses

Pen and ink sketch of mourners gathered around a bed while an angel descends with outstretched wings from the upper right.

The Death of the Holy Virgin

1885

Pencil sketch of four men in caps and long coats standing together, one stooping in the center, on a grey sheet.

Soldiers

Pencil and ink sketch of a crouching nude, a standing man, and a seated woman with a top-hatted man.

The small spring and other figures

1880

Charcoal sketch of a mounted cavalryman in a kepi cap riding a horse in motion, drawn with loose hatched lines.

Cavalryman of the light artillery

Pencil sketch of three dogs resting on a pavement beside a building facade, with loose hatched shading.

Three dogs

1880

Loudly playing angel

Ink sketch of nude hunters carrying a bear above a charcoal study of a tree and small figures.

Return of the bear hunt in the Stone Age

Pencil sketch of a shoe on a sketchbook page, with faint smudged studies around it.

Detail of closure

1905

Charcoal drawing of an elderly woman in a white bonnet and large white collar against a dark hatched background.

Regentesses of the Old Men's House in Haarlem. A figure

1880

Pencil sketch of a winged figure with a hook above a reclining nude on clouds, with a second figure at lower left.

The Love Reaper

Man's head in profile

Charcoal sketch of a man reclining in an armchair smoking a pipe, with a dog at his feet and a bottle behind him.

Seated Man

Colored pencil sketch of figures in costume, some carrying a pole and banner, on cream paper.

The penitential procession of Veurne

1932

Pencil sketch of a figure in a headscarf and long dress beside a stove and kettle on aged paper.

Skeleton that wants to warm itself

Two figures and ornament

Pencil sketch of a bird of prey perched on rock, head bent downward, with detailed feathers and a clawed foot.

Chinoiserie, a bird of prey

Pencil sketch of slender tree trunks along a path, with loosely hatched foliage above, on pale paper.

Trees

Mother of Ensor - foot and hands

1880

Pencil sketch of a dragon rising above armored figures and a spear-holding soldier, with horsemen sketched above.

Chinoiserie, scene

1884

Pencil sketch on lined paper of a seated figure with a smaller study of another seated figure in the upper left.

Stage figures

Charcoal sketch of a woman with downcast eyes, with loose overlapping gestural lines and hands above, on aged paper.

Woman with downcast gaze

Pencil sketch of several bent and hunched figures, one in a bonnet, with dense hatched shading on the seated figure at center

Bending figures

1880

Pencil sketch of a bird on a leafy branch with flowering twigs and a rocky base on grey paper.

Bird and dog by branch

Resting woman

Pencil sketch of a bearded man in a dark coat, head turned slightly, with loose diagonal hatching behind him.

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