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James Ensor

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Loose graphite and red chalk sketch of hands sewing over dark hatched fabric, by James Ensor.

Sewing hands

Colored pencil drawing by James Ensor showing soldiers, flags and a crowd of onlookers in a busy street scene.

The strike

1888

Charcoal sketch of a seated man in a dark jacket reading a book, with a faint reflected face behind him.

Reading man

1880

Pencil portrait of a man in a wide-brimmed hat and lace collar, looking to the side, drawn in soft grey hatching.

The Amsterdam cloth merchant Nicolaas van Bambeek

1880

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

1880

Ink sketch of two standing men, a gentleman in a bow tie and a figure in a jacket, drawn in loose dark strokes.

Gentleman and waiter

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a red-hulled sailboat on calm blue water, on a sketchbook page.

Sailboat

Scribble of ornament?

Pen sketch of a standing bearded man in an apron beside an ornate candelabra, with a handwritten French note above.

Blacksmith and candlestick

Woman with hat

Charcoal drawing of an ornate upright piano beside a standing woman in a long dress in a dim interior.

The piano

1880

Pencil sketch of a girl's face beside feathery branches and foliage, drawn in loose hatched lines on pale paper.

Girl with upturned nose (?) and Calla Lilies

1880

Pencil sketch of groups of mounted riders and horses across a loosely drawn landscape, with darker figures at right.

Group of horsemen

Pencil sketch of a harbor with a sailing boat, a figure with a parasol, a rowboat and distant buildings.

Harbor view

Charcoal sketch of a standing figure in a wide-brimmed hat and long coat against a loosely drawn background.

Stage figure

Pencil sketch of a snarling wild cat with open mouth and bared teeth, with loose hatched shading on fur and legs.

Study of a wild animal

Pencil sketch of a tavern interior with musicians, a dancing couple, seated patrons, and bread and jugs on a bench.

Tavern scene

Charcoal sketch of a woman with folded arms standing beside a man smoking, with a cushioned divan behind them.

Couple for daybed

1880

Pencil sketch of a woman with long flowing hair and draped robes, signed James Ensor in the lower right.

Chinoiserie, a woman

1885

Charcoal sketch of a woman in a wide hat beside two men in caps, one smoking, against hatched background strokes.

Lady and two gentlemen

Pencil sketch sheet with a harnessed horse in the centre and many quick studies of standing and walking figures.

Horse and silhouettes

Man and two crouching figures

Charcoal sketch of two boys resting on grass, one seated in a cap with his back turned, the other lying beside him.

Two boys in the grass

1880

Pencil sketch of two bearded male heads on tan paper, one wearing a hat, signed Ensor at lower right.

Double Self Portrait

1900

Charcoal sketch of two draft horses in a field with a standing figure at right and loose tree foliage above.

A Zeeland team of horses

Pencil sketch of a loaded wheelbarrow with sacks and baskets, a hanging lantern, and faint figures above on pale paper.

Lantern and wheelbarrow

1877

Pencil sketch of two rowboats with flags on water and three standing figures on a sandy beach.

Beach and sea pleasures

1892

Pen and ink sketch of a ballet dancer in a tutu, one arm outstretched and the other on her hip, on pointed feet.

Miss Zucchi of the 'Eden'

Charcoal portrait of a bearded man with a bow tie and dark cloak, drawn in loose sweeping strokes on pale paper.

The Poet Jean Richepin

Pencil portrait sketch of a man with swept dark hair and a high collar, turned three-quarters to the left, by James Ensor.

The composer Hector Berlioz

Pencil sketch of a group of soldiers with pikes and a flag marching across a horizontal ground line on pale paper.

Troop of soldiers

Two small cups and print