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James Ensor

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Three figures

Graphite sketch sheet with studies of several insects, including a beetle, dragonfly and flies, on aged grey paper.

insects

Antique head

1877

Charcoal sketch on grey paper of dark trees and small silhouetted figures walking along a path.

Silhouettes

Pencil sketch of an elderly woman's head with closed eyes, tilted, shaded background, on cream paper.

Sleeping old woman

Charcoal sketch on tan paper of a female figure with bowed head and raised arm, with smudged shading below.

Figure

Heads

Pencil sketch of a dark decorative pot on a ledge beside a pale horse on a path, with loose hatched shading.

Decorative pot and horse

1880

The French politician François Barbé Marbois

Mother of Ensor

1880

Loose pencil sketch of a crowd of mourners in dark clothing beside a church with tall columns.

The soul masses for B. de Haze

Pencil study sheet with standing women, seated figures and a large whetstone on a frame, by James Ensor.

Figures and whetstone

Charcoal sketch of two uniformed soldiers in caps talking, with a drum and bucket beside them on paper.

Two soldiers

Charcoal sketch of women washing clothes at the water's edge, with loose strokes and rippling sea in the foreground.

Wasvrouwen bij de Middellandse zee

Loose charcoal sketch of a seated woman in a headscarf, a standing figure in a dark coat, a dog and a stool.

Seated Woman

Charcoal sketch of a woman in a hat seated at a café table, with a man in a suit seated behind her.

Lady at café table

1880

Girl with white apron

1883

Pencil sketch of a group of figures seated on a ledge, one in a wide-brimmed hat, with handwritten inscription below.

Copy after Salvator Rosa

Scribble

Wide three-panel drawing of a chaotic cavalry battle with cuirassiers, fallen horses, flags and swirling smoke.

The cuirassiers of Waterloo

1891

Pencil sketch of a studio scene with a nude statue on a pedestal, a seated man at left and a figure drawing at right.

The model

Pen and ink sketch of a man with curly hair, pointed beard and a lace ruff collar, drawn in loose hatched lines.

Gentleman

Pen and ink sketch of a woman with head bowed, balancing a large jug on her head, in loose hatched lines.

Algerian woman with a jug

Two women and a theologian

Self Portrait

1880

Loose pencil sketch of a hooded seated figure on a platform beneath diagonal hatching, with a small tower in the background.

Execution by Garrote

Pen and ink sketch of a man and woman seated at a table with a bottle and glass between them.

Lord and lady at table

1912

Man with beard

Sketchbook page with an ink study of a standing woman and pencil sketches of people gathered around a table in a tavern.

Woman and tavern scene

Sleeping mother of Ensor

1915

Charcoal sketch of a drawn curtain and window fragment with loose hatched shading on an irregularly cut sheet.

Fragment of window with drawn curtain

Pen and ink sketch of a reclining female nude with loose horizontal strokes suggesting water or sky behind her.

Resting female nude

Ink sketch of a rearing horse above a fallen rider on the ground, drawn in loose black strokes on grey paper.

Fallen Arab rider with rearing horse

Pencil sketch of a flying duck above a loosely drawn vase of flowers on pale paper.

Vase and flying duck

Pencil sketch of a fringed table with lion-head forms, a raised hand and loose drapery sketched above on pale paper.

Table with lion heads

Graphite sketch of a bearded man smoking a pipe, with small figure studies, a jacket outline and a sailboat on a study sheet.

Theo Hannon with pipe

1880

Hands

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a plumed hat and fitted jacket, with a small study of two figures at upper right.

Madam Gratiot

1880

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