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James Ensor

478 works

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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