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James Ensor

478 works

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Oil portrait of a young woman with bangs in a dark dress, white collar and pale blue bow, seated before a blue chair.

Girl with upturned Nose

1879

Painting of a white wheeled bathing hut numbered 164 on a sandy beach under a grey cloudy sky.

Bathing-hut

1876

Painting of a sunlit garden with trees, a grass path, a red-roofed house, and a wheelbarrow with cabbage in the foreground.

The Garden of the Rousseau Family

1885

Painting of a bearded man seated at an easel in a studio, holding a palette and brush, with a plaster figure nearby.

Ensor at his Easel

1890

Painting of a worn wooden chair back against a textured whitewashed wall with a dark opening at upper right.

Back of a Chair

Frontal painted portrait of a bearded man with a crown of thorns, halo and blood streaks down his face against a red backgrou

Man of Sorrows

1891

Crowded street procession of masked figures, a band and a haloed Christ figure under a red Vive la Sociale banner.

Christ's Entry Into Brussels in 1889

1888

Painting of grotesque masked figures crowding around a central skeletal face in a white robe and red hat.

Masks Confronting Death

1888

Still life painting of a duck, leeks, cabbage and bottle on a table with a white cloth, in loose ochre and green brushwork.

Still Life with Duck

1910

Still life painting of a duck, leeks, and vegetables on a table with a wine bottle, glass, and wicker basket.

Nature morte au canard

1910

Painting of a smiling older woman in lace collar surrounded by grotesque carnival masks and faces in bright colors.

Old Lady with Masks

1889

Pastel painting of costumed figures dancing and strolling in a misty garden framed by leafy trees.

Jardin d'amour

1925

Watercolor icon with the Virgin and Child and angels above, a crowd scene, and a bearded man's portrait with halo below.

Icône - Portrait of Eugène Demolder

1893

Pastel painting of masked performers on a stage with green curtains and a foreground audience in feathered hats.

James Ensor - Theatre of masks

1908

Painting of a man in a dark vest standing in a cluttered studio beside a table, with easels and canvases behind him.

Willy Finch in the Studio

1880

Loose brushwork interior with a seated reader, a folding screen, Japanese prints, a red lamp and a standing figure in a robe.

Skeleton Looking at Chinoiseries

1885

Painting of a skull, masks, pitcher and candlesticks on a yellow-draped table with a figure in a red hat.

Pierrot and Skeleton in a Yellow Robe

1893

Painting of two nude children in a warm, curtained interior with a mirror, chest of drawers and patterned carpet.

Children at their Morning Toilet

1886

Painting of a moored sailing boat beside a grassy canal under a grey sky, with distant masts and buildings.

Canal with Barges

1881

Painting of skeletons in colorful costumes, including a top hat and red ruff, against a pale cloudy sky.

Skeletons in Fancy Dress

1898

Colored crayon caricature of three figures, one holding a paintbrush and palette labeled Ensor Leman, dated 1890.

Ensor and Leman discussing painting

1890

Two elderly women in black cloaks sit in a room with skulls, a red cabinet, fish, a crab and a white cat on the floor.

The Melancholy Fishwives

1892

Painting of two cooks in white uniforms with severed heads on a platter and in a pan, beside diners at a table.

The Dangerous Cooks

1896

Painting of masked carnival figures in ruffled costumes and pointed hats gathered on a green ground under a blue sky.

Baptême des masques

1891

Pale oil seascape of cloudy sky over blue sea and sandy shore, painted in loose, textured brushstrokes.

Seaside

1923

Still life painting of red and yellow flowers in vases with a green pot and butterflies on a pink background.

Fleurs et papillons Dutch: Bloemen en vlinders

1883

Hazy painted canal with moored sailboats on the right, a tall ship in the distance, and green banks under a pale sky.

The Canal

1921

Loose oil painting of a seated painter at an easel on dunes, with a woman in a dark coat and hat in the foreground.

In the Dunes (the Painter and his Model)

1883

Painted self-portrait of a bearded man in a dark jacket wearing a straw hat decorated with flowers and a pink feather.

Self-portrait with flower hat

1883

Loose oil sketch of robed figures in a crowd, a white horse, and a red-clad figure beneath a blue sky, by James Ensor.

Return from Calvary

1877

Small painting of a fisher couple on a sandy shore under a pale sky, with a sailboat at right.

Fisher couple

1873

Small oil sketch of two pigs resting against a dark brown ground, with faint pencil lines on the paper.

Pigs

1875