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James Ensor

478 works

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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