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James Ensor

478 works

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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