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Ink sketch of a lion and tiger locked in combat, drawn with loose, dense hatching on pale paper.

Battle between lion and tiger

1885

Loose charcoal sketch of a standing woman in a long dress among trees and bare branches, by James Ensor.

Joan of Arc

1880

Bent-over figure and text

Pencil sketch by James Ensor of fish lying on a platter, with a flying bird in the upper right against a pale background.

Fish on a platter

Etching of a Roman-style triumphal procession with a chariot, spear-bearing soldiers and a dense crowd before an arch and col

Roomalainen riemukulkue

1889

Ensor's sister at the piano

Ink drawing of a demon-like figure in a patterned robe holding a long staff, by James Ensor, 1886.

Chinoiserie, a demon

1886

Lion

Pencil sketch of three pig heads below a dark hatched form and curved shapes on a grey sheet of paper.

Three pig heads

Pencil sketch on grey paper of a standing figure seen from behind, with hands and a table, plus faint studies on the right.

Standing figure seen from behind

Pencil sketch of two masks on a surface, one with hollow eye holes, with draped cloth and soft shadows in the background.

Two masks

1885

Pencil sketch of a lion hunt with a lion, a mounted or standing figure raising a spear, and other loose figures.

Study sheet of the lion hunt

Pencil sketch of a crowd of agitated figures, some gesturing and one wearing a turban, against a dark shaded background.

Mordecai's Triumph

1885

Sketchbook page with loose charcoal figures, a small cart at upper right, and smudged shading across the paper.

Silhouettes and cart

Pencil sketch of a lion attacking a horse with a rider and figures in violent, tangled motion.

The Lion Hunt

1885

Grey pencil sketch of a balcony with an iron railing beneath a tall shuttered window and building facade.

The Balcony

Pencil sketch of Neptune with a trident riding a sea creature, beside loose studies of a woman and a seated figure on torn pa

Neptune

Pen and ink sketch of a waterside landscape with a sailboat, a wooden bridge, trees, and a figure in a top hat.

The bridge of Six

1879

Ink sketch on lined paper showing a man in a top hat beside a sailing ship and two gesturing figures, with handwritten text.

Dramatische scène

1883

Pen and ink sketch of two male nudes, one seated facing left and one standing viewed from behind with arms extended.

Male nudes

Hamlet

Pencil sketch of several studies of heads and figures, including a bowed head and a figure seen from behind.

Studies of a bowed head

1883

Lion with hare

1885

Copy after Honoré Daumier

Loose graphite sketch on blue-grey paper of a seated female figure with smudged shadows, from a sketchbook page.

Mother of Ensor

1879

Pencil sketch of a man seated at a dining table with a cat on the cloth beside him.

Dining single man

1880

Faint smudged pencil sketch on a sketchbook page showing loose figure and tree forms, by James Ensor.

Wiped-away drawing

Charcoal sketch of grotesque figures, silhouettes and a bird-like head on yellowed paper, by James Ensor.

Silhouettes and grotesque figures

1880

Sleeping Girl

Pen sketch of a horse-drawn coach and crowd in a busy street, with loose studies of galloping horses below.

The Coach

Pencil and charcoal sketch of a dark arched footbridge with two figures above, drawn on a sketchbook page.

Little bridge (?)

1889

Pencil sketch of two birds perched on a branch beside a leaf, with a third bird in flight above.

Chinoiserie, three birds

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

Colored etching of a masked crowd below figures hanging from a rope amid yellow flames in an ornate hall, by James Ensor.

Hop-Frog's Revenge

1898

Etching by James Ensor, 1886: nude haloed Christ before a crowd of grotesque figures and seated officials.

Christ Mocked

1886

Etching of a grotesque banquet with masked figures and a skeleton hanging above a table, by James Ensor, 1895.

King Pest

1895

Etching of three nude women, a woman in apron and bonnet, older men in top hats, and a skeleton at upper right.

The Old ... Raskals

1895

Etching of a grotesque procession of masked, horned figures and winged creatures under a crescent moon, by James Ensor.

The infernal cortege

1887

Etching of a skeletal Death figure with a scythe above a crowd of grotesque faces in a city street, by James Ensor.

Death Chasing the Flock of Mortals

1896

Etching of a crowd surrounding a haloed nude figure beneath radiating light, with soldiers at left and a stone building at ri

Bespotting van Christus

1886

Etching of a Gothic cathedral with towers above a dense crowd of people filling a square, signed James Ensor 1886.

Mensenmassa op een plein bij een kathedraal

1886

Etching of standing figures in ornate costumes beneath a draped curtain, with a seated figure and palm plant at right.

Perzische geneesheren onderzoeken de stoelgang van koning Darius

1886

Etching of a village with a church tower and cottages under dramatic swirling clouds, with figures in the grassy foreground.

Gezicht op Mariakerke

1887

Etched bust portrait of an elderly bearded man in a dark cap and buttoned coat, with fine hatched lines.

Portret van Elias Magnus Fries

1886

Portret van Ernest Rousseau

1887

Etching of a narrow Brussels street with gabled houses, a domed tower, and small pedestrians on cobblestones.

Gezicht op de Bijstandstraat te Brussel

1887

Etching of a harbor quay with moored sailing ships and masts under a pale sky, signed James Ensor 1887.

Gezicht op de kade van Oostende

1887

Etching of a multi-storey Brussels corner building with balconies, shuttered windows, and a striped awning over the street.

Gezicht op de Anspachlaan te Brussel

1888

Etching of a stone chimera statue on a pedestal with a small portrait of a man in the lower left corner.

Beeld van een chimeara

1888

Kast waarachter monsters vandaan komen

1888

Etching of the Gothic town hall of Oudenaarde with arcades, pointed windows and a tall tower, signed James Ensor, 1888.

Stadhuis van Oudenaarde

1888

Etching of skulls and a grotesque mask arranged on a stone ledge, with dense cross-hatched shadows, by James Ensor, 1888.

Stilleven met schedels en een masker

1888

Etching of Ostend harbor with townhouses, a church spire, moored sailing boats and a barge in the foreground water.

Gezicht te Oostende

1888

Etching of a fantasy city with domes, colonnades and a sunburst, with a dense crowd of hatted figures in the foreground.

Gezicht op een fantasiestad

1888

Etching of a skeleton with a scythe beside a reclining woman in an ornate room, with flying skulls above.

La luxure (Lust), from the portfolio Les péchés capitaux (The Deadly Sins)

1904

Etched landscape of an open field with a line of trees and a small tower on the right under a cloudy sky.

Boomrijk landschap met toren

1886

Etching of a low thatched Flemish farmhouse with grazing cows in a flat landscape under a cloudy sky.

Boerderij in Vlaanderen

1888

Etching of grotesque caricatured faces around a central dog-like head, with a top-hatted man and a hand holding a pipe.

Groteske koppen rondom een hond

1888

Etching by James Ensor of a crowd of grotesque faces surrounding a central man wearing a tall top hat.

Groteske figuren met in het midden een man met hoge hoed

1904

Etching of a sandy beach with small boats at the water's edge and houses behind grassy dunes on the right.

Strandgezicht bij De Panne

1904

Poster in yellow and orange showing a seated bearded man surrounded by grotesque demons and a winged devil, with exhibition t

Demons Teasing Me: Poster for the James Ensor Exhibition at the Salon des Cent in Paris

1898

Colour poster for Ensor's 1898 Salon des Cent exhibition showing a seated man surrounded by grotesque creatures on yellow.

Salon des Cent. 31 rue Bonaparte, Paris. Exposition en décembre 1898 de l'oeuvre de James Ensor affiche, Ensor

1898

Poster by James Ensor with a bearded man surrounded by grotesque demons, a rooster, and swirling flames in yellow and orange.

Affiche van "Salon des Cent", Parijs

1898