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James Ensor

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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.

The Painter Jean François Millet

Charcoal sketch of a city street with a man in a top hat in the foreground and several pedestrians around him.

At dawn

1880

Pencil sketch of a young girl with bangs, head bowed, hands visible below, on pale paper.

Girl

1883

Ink drawing of an elderly bearded man in a fur hat and dark cloak, hands clasped, hatched shading on pale paper.

Old Man with Flowing Beard

1880

Copy

Charcoal sketch of a reclining man with long dark hair in a draped robe, leaning on a dark cushion, by James Ensor.

Chinoiserie, a seated man

1885

Charcoal sketch of two seated men in an interior, one smiling and smoking, the other seen from behind in an armchair.

Two Gentlemen Smoking

Pen drawing of a chaotic battle of small caricatured soldiers with pikes and flags, with a walled town and windmills on the h

The dissolute mercenaries

1892

Pencil portrait of a seated older woman in a dark dress, white collar and bonnet, hands folded in her lap.

Elisabeth Bas

1880

Charcoal sketch of a woman in a ruffled dress, head tilted up with mouth open as if singing, against a dark hatched backgroun

Lady Singing

1880

Pencil sketch of a man with long hair and a wide-brimmed hat, gazing upward with one hand raised near his chest.

The regents of the Old Men's Almshouse in Haarlem. A figure

Pencil sketch of figures struggling with a large animal, one arm raised upward, on grey paper.

Tiger hunt

Red chalk sketch of a balding man in a dark jacket and high collar, looking directly at the viewer.

Fantasia

Pencil sketch sheet showing a standing woman in a long robe, a bearded man, a lion figure, a laughing face and swirling cloud

Chinoiserie

1885

Pencil sketch on a sketchbook page of a dark sweeping mass with a twisted branch-like form over hatched shading.

Fragment of vase

Pen and ink sketch of hands and a sleeve with a small ornate finial in the lower right corner.

Hands and ornament

Sketchbook page with charcoal head of a woman in bonnet and ruff, and pen sketches of a man carrying a basket.

Head of a woman and figures

Charcoal sketch of three men in overcoats talking together on a street, with loose smudged shading below.

Three gentlemen in conversation

Faint pencil sketch of a seascape with waves, a small sailboat, a rainbow arc and clouds on pale paper.

Marine sketch

Four theatregoers

Pen and ink sketch of a man with curly hair and mustache, head turned, on a plain cream sheet.

Rembrandt's Self Portrait

1885

Charcoal sketch of a mustached man in a dark jacket with loose hatched shading on pale paper.

The Journalist Paul de Cassagnac

Woman seen in profile

Loose pencil sketch of two elderly figures, one holding an open umbrella, drawn with quick hatching on grey paper.

The old people or time

Young woman

Pencil sketch of a man in a top hat and coat, arm raised holding a tall staff, with a crate beside him.

Copy after Grévin

The water drinker

Graphite sketch of three studies of wild cat heads on grey paper, one large head above two smaller ones below.

Three heads of wild animals

Charcoal drawing of two figures, an older woman with a bow at left and a man with a neck ribbon at right, on dark hatched gro

Two regents

1880

Loose charcoal sketch of a seated figure gesturing beside a standing figure in a long robe, with faint studies below.

Eastern couple

Loose pencil sketch of horses and a seated man on grey paper, with overlapping figure studies.

Horses and seated man

The pipe smoker, profile and hands

1880

Pencil sketch of a beach tent with a flag and several figures in long dresses and hats on a pale sheet.

Beach tent and silhouettes

Pencil sketch of three women in Dutch bonnets and long dresses, by James Ensor, on pale paper.

Three Dutch peasant girls

Pencil sketch of an elderly woman with upturned face and folded hands, with handwritten note reading ma mère morte Ensor.

My dead mother IV

1915

Ink wash drawing of a dark bird with open beak perched on a branch, with loose brown foliage strokes on paper.

Chinoiserie, a bird

Woman, hands and cart

1881

Pencil sketch of a dark flower bloom with loose petal shading and faint leaf outlines on pale paper.

Flower

Pencil sketch of a seated nude woman with crossed legs, drawn on lined paper.

Seated nude with crossed legs

Graphite sketch of two clasped hands with a dark sleeve, placed in the lower part of a pale sheet.

The Hands of Elisabeth Bas

1880

Brown wash drawing of a timber house beside a leaning tree, with a flat landscape and distant church spire.

House with trees

Pencil study sheet with several arms and hands in varied gestures, including two hands reaching toward each other.

Arms and Hands

Ink drawing of a skeleton in a cloak beside a hooded figure at a cross, with a figure at left holding a syringe.

Der Tod und der Arzt beim Grabstein

1883

Pencil sketch of an open window with diamond leaded glass panes beside a shutter and roof edge, on a sketchbook page.

Open window with leaded glass

Loose charcoal sketch on gray paper of two women in drapery and shadowy figures above, signed Ensor 1877.

Mythological scene

1877

Pen and ink sketch of a nude woman seated and bending forward, with pinned hair and a necklace, over loose water lines.

Study of a bathing woman

Pen and ink sketch of a woman with long wavy hair, one arm raised to her head, gazing toward the viewer.

Odalisque

Pencil sketch on blue paper of two figures seen from behind and several small standing silhouettes.

Silhouettes and 2 figures seen from the back

Charcoal sketch of a standing figure with outstretched arm beside shadowy cloaked figures on a pale sheet.

Don Quichotte and head

Child seen from the back

1883

Loose pencil sketch of a standing woman in a corseted bodice and long skirt, head turned to the right, hair upswept.

Lady

Charcoal sketch of a seated woman cooking at a table, surrounded by a crowd of onlookers and children.

The Pancake Woman

1885

Charcoal sketch of a couple, a man in a top hat leaning forward beside a woman in a wide hat, against hatched background.

Couple

Sepia wash sketch of a man with a cane beside an overturned rowboat and tree, with a pencil chair frame at left.

Man and boat, chair

Loose sketch in dark pencil and white highlights on brown paper showing a rider on a rearing horse.

Horseman

1877

Pencil sketch of two mounted knights charging with lances, surrounded by loose swirling lines and cloud forms on grey paper.

Joust

Pencil sketchbook page with a large loose male face study and small sketched standing figures below.

Reading man and heads

1886

Pencil drawing of two dogs sleeping together on a cushion, with a small sketched figure in the upper left corner.

Two Dogs

Writing man

1880

Pencil sheet of many small grotesque mask faces in rows, with a loosely sketched figure with raised arms above.

Series of Masks

Pencil drawing of a woman with upswept hair, a ruffled collar and a flower at her chest, turned toward the viewer.

Mery Laurent with pug

Charcoal sketch of a shadowed old man in a hat, a small face study at upper right, and hands resting on a table.

The regents of the Old Men's Almshouse in Haarlem. Two figures

1880

Ophelia

Pen and ink drawing of an elderly woman in a white bonnet resting her head on her hand, with dense hatched shadows behind her

The convalescent patient

Pencil sketch of a bearded man seated at a table with two companions, one standing left and one seated right, in a shadowed i

The Supper at Emmaus

1885

Pencil sketch of an ornate two-armed candelabra and a sheet of music on grey paper, signed by James Ensor.

Two-armed piano candlestick and sheet music

Pencil sketch on grey paper of a woman seen from behind with raised arm, with a separate study of an arm and hand at left.

Study of bathing women

Pen sketch of a rural street with cottages and trees along a grassy bank, the lower page left blank.

Street next to the canal

Pencil sketch of a woman with flowers in her hair looking up at a smiling man in a dark suit and bow tie.

In the theater box

Pen and ink drawing of a crowd of figures under an arched doorway between tall buildings, with onlookers at windows.

Christ mocked

1885

Pencil sketch of two standing men, a horse and a cart with loose figures, on torn aged paper, by James Ensor.

Two knight figures

Ink drawing of a man in a wide-brimmed hat and cloak, turning toward the viewer, with dense hatched shading.

The Painter Jan Asselijn or

1880

Pencil sketch of three women in long dresses, one with a wide hat and parasol, by James Ensor.

3 studies of a lady with parasol

1880

Charcoal sketch of a standing woman playing a pipe beside a seated woman in loose clothing, on pale paper.

Standing and sitting gypsy woman

Pencil sketchbook page with several studies of women in aprons and bonnets, one carrying a tray on her head.

Figures

1873

Farmer with horse team and Marie Colombier

Pencil sketch of two women in headscarves looking upward with open mouths, one with clasped hands, by James Ensor.

My dead mother III

1915

Sleeping and waking woman

1883

Pencil sketch of a room with an open hearth under a chimney hood, draped fabric and a mantel shelf on a sketchbook page.

Fireplace

Ink and red chalk drawing of a dense crowd of faces with a robed figure beside fish on the right.

The multiplication of the fishes

1891

The artist's sister Mitche and figure

Charcoal sketch of a man in a dark coat seen from behind, walking beside a woman in a bonnet among a crowd of figures.

The Conversation

Etching of a bloated figure feasting at a table with a roasted pig above, a servant nearby, and a painting on the wall.

La gourmandise (Gluttony), from the portfolio Les péchés capitaux (The Deadly Sins)

1904

Loose charcoal sketch of figures holding long lances beside a dark building, some crouched on the ground.

Young Picards at an exercise with lances

The Painter Eugène Delacroix

Pencil sketch on lined paper of a standing nude woman seen from behind, with loose contour lines.

Two nudes seen from the back

Charcoal sketch of a woman raising a lantern while a figure on a ladder and a child stand nearby.

The lampions

Pencil sketch of a jester in a feathered cap and ruffled costume, leaning toward a sketched wall.

The fool

Pencil sketch of a gothic building with pointed spires and a tall corner turret on pale paper.

House with tower bay window

1890

Pen and ink sketch of a sword with an ornate hilt beside a carved chest with decorative panels on pale paper.

Small suitcase and sword

Charcoal sketch of an interior with seated and standing figures around a long bench, with jars on a shelf behind.

An accident