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James Ensor

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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

Loose ink sketch of a rider in flowing robes on a galloping horse, with a staff raised beside him.

Arabische ruiter in galop

Pen and ink sketch of an elderly woman in a hood, a seated man at a table, and a standing figure beside him.

Mother of Rembrandt and other Figures

1885

Pencil sketch of houses and a pear-shaped tower with rooftops, plus faint shield outlines at the top of the sheet.

Houses and a pear-shaped tower

Pencil sketch on lined paper of a seated nude female figure with arms raised, by James Ensor.

Sater

Pencil sketch of four nude figures seen from behind, one bending forward at left, on a cream paper sheet.

Vier naakten

Woman at the piano and Alfred William Finch

Pencil sketch of a standing elderly woman, a seated child in a bonnet, and loose head studies on pale paper.

Old woman and child

Pencil sketch of a seated woman seen from behind, in a voluminous gown with an upswept hairstyle, by James Ensor.

Chinoiserie, a seated man in three-quarter rear view

1885

Etching of soldiers in bearskin hats and rows of upright rifles, with officers and a drummer in the foreground, by James Enso

Napoleon's Farewell

1897

Charcoal study of two pairs of hands with white cuffs against a dark, hatched background.

Regents of the Old Men's Home in Haarlem. Two pairs of hands

1880

Pencil sketch of a windmill with lattice sails beside a thatched building, with hatched clouds and water.

Windmill

Charcoal sketch of three men climbing a rocky slope with walking sticks, with several sketched heads at lower right.

Three climbing gentlemen and heads

Pencil sketch of a lion head ornament with a ring, surrounded by architectural lines and scrolls on torn paper.

Ornament - Leeuwenkop

Pencil sketch page with a study of an older man's face, a woman's portrait below right, and a small figure sketch.

Father (?) and mother of Ensor

1877

Pencil sketch with red wash of standing draped figures on a stage, with handwritten French text below.

Opera scene

Pencil sketch of a man with raised arms in a theatrical pose, with studies of a woman in a hat and head sketches beside him.

Taskin als wonderdokter in Hoffmann's vertellingen

1883

Charcoal sketch of a standing man beside a seated man in a hat, set against loose dark hatching on pale paper.

Zittende en staande heer

Etching of a Gothic cathedral with twin towers above a dense crowd of figures filling the foreground.

The Cathedral

1886

Pencil sketchbook page with a child in a wide hat, a face study, a hand, and handwritten notes by James Ensor.

Two heads, couple, hand

Charcoal sketch on a sketchbook page showing a large female head, a seated figure below, and faint studies beside them.

Woman's head and seated figure

Scanned sketchbook page with faint smudged pencil shading and a few light rounded forms on cream paper.

Print impression of 2709/33

Etching of a corner city building with balconies, shuttered windows, and a striped awning above a street.

House on the boulevard Anspach

1888