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James Ensor

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Hazy pastel harbour with masted sailing ships, a yellow-sailed boat in front, and red-hulled vessels along the quay.

Ostend Harbour

1900

Painting of a man in a dark suit standing at an easel holding a paint palette in a muted studio interior.

The Painter Alfred William Finch

1880

Painting of Ostend rooftops and chimneys beneath a large, turbulent grey and cream sky with loose brushwork.

The Rooftops of Ostend

1884

Muted grey seascape with a pale sky, distant sailboats, white surf and dark wet sand in the foreground.

Grey Seascape

1880

Painting of a crowded street with a uniformed military band, red-roofed townhouses, and a Belgian flag at the left edge.

Music in the Vlaanderenstraat

1891

Painting of a lone woman in a dark hat standing on a rocky breakwater above a grey sea under an overcast sky.

Woman on a Breakwater

1880

Theo Hannon

1881

Loose painted seascape of a low-tide shore with dunes, wet sand, and sailing boats under a grey cloudy sky.

The Breakwater

1878

Loose brushwork painting of a seated woman in a dark hat at a table beside an open door onto a green field.

The Wait

1879

Painting of a woman in a cream shawl eating oysters at a dining table with wine glasses, a lemon and flowers.

The Oyster Eater

1882

Painting of skeletons in costume around a hanging puppet labeled CIVET, with masked onlookers in doorways, by James Ensor.

Skeletons fighting over a Hanged Man

1891

Still life painting of a sunflower, pink flowers, a blue and white jug and vegetables including rhubarb and cabbage on a tabl

Flowers and Vegetables

1896

Painting of masked figures in carnival costumes on a pale arched stage, with a grinning mask in the foreground.

Theatre of Masks

1889

Still life with a blue flask, a roasted chicken, a ceramic jar, fruit and an orange bowl on a wooden table.

Blue Flask and Chicken

1925

Painting of several sloops with red and cream sails moored in a harbor under a blue and white cloudy sky.

Sloops

1890

Painting of billowing white clouds over a blue sky and dark sea, with two small sailboats on the horizon.

The White Cloud

1884

Pastel sketch by James Ensor of a seated robed saint surrounded by nude figures, grotesque masks, and animals.

The Temptation of Saint Anthony the Great

1927

Hazy panoramic painting of a city with red rooftops, a church spire, and a street under a pale overcast sky.

View of Phnosie, luminous waves and vibrations

1890

Painting of oysters, bread, a lemon, and wine bottles and glasses on a white tablecloth against a dark background.

Still Life with Oysters

1882

Still life painting of pink azaleas in a wicker basket beside a potted plant, a seashell, and a yellow floral cloth.

Azaleas

1920

Painting of two small figures fleeing across a marshy landscape under a glowing sun with pastel rainbow arcs in the sky.

Adam and Eve expelled from Paradise

1887

Painting of a crowd of grotesque masked figures in carnival costume, with a man in a top hat at the center.

The Intrigue (Ensor)

1880

Painting of a man in a dark coat and hat rowing a wooden boat on a grey sea, with a sailing ship in the distance.

The Rower

1883

Oil still life of Chinese vases, painted fans, figurines and draped fabrics on a table, by James Ensor.

Still Life with chinoiseries

1880

Painting of a chaotic swarm of falling winged figures under a glowing arc, with crowded armed figures below.

Fall of the Rebel Angels

1889

Oil painting of a standing woman holding a green fan beside a wooden chair, in loose brushwork against an olive background.

The Lady with Fan

1880

Still life with a blue vase, carved mask, figurines and Asian-style fans on a blue cloth, painted in bright colours.

Still Life with Chinoiseries

1906

Seated woman in red jacket and white collar holding a red parasol, painted in loose brushwork on a muted background.

The Lady with Red Parasol

1880

Painting of a dim bourgeois salon with two seated figures at a round table, a gilded mirror, fireplace and chairs.

The Bourgeois Salon

1881

Painting of a pale skate and small fish on straw beside a hanging bird and a jar, in muted brown tones.

The Skate

1880

Seated elderly woman in a blue shawl and black dress with clasped hands, beside a marble pedestal, in a dark interior.

Woman with Blue Shawl

1881

Still life painting of a lobster, crab, fish, wine bottle and blue jug, with a grinning mask at the left edge.

Mask and Crustaceans

1891

Oil portrait of a young woman with bangs in a dark dress, white collar and pale blue bow, seated before a blue chair.

Girl with upturned Nose

1879

Painting of a white wheeled bathing hut numbered 164 on a sandy beach under a grey cloudy sky.

Bathing-hut

1876

Painting of a sunlit garden with trees, a grass path, a red-roofed house, and a wheelbarrow with cabbage in the foreground.

The Garden of the Rousseau Family

1885

Painting of a bearded man seated at an easel in a studio, holding a palette and brush, with a plaster figure nearby.

Ensor at his Easel

1890

Painting of a worn wooden chair back against a textured whitewashed wall with a dark opening at upper right.

Back of a Chair

Frontal painted portrait of a bearded man with a crown of thorns, halo and blood streaks down his face against a red backgrou

Man of Sorrows

1891

Crowded street procession of masked figures, a band and a haloed Christ figure under a red Vive la Sociale banner.

Christ's Entry Into Brussels in 1889

1888

Painting of grotesque masked figures crowding around a central skeletal face in a white robe and red hat.

Masks Confronting Death

1888

Still life painting of a duck, leeks, cabbage and bottle on a table with a white cloth, in loose ochre and green brushwork.

Still Life with Duck

1910

Still life painting of a duck, leeks, and vegetables on a table with a wine bottle, glass, and wicker basket.

Nature morte au canard

1910

Painting of a smiling older woman in lace collar surrounded by grotesque carnival masks and faces in bright colors.

Old Lady with Masks

1889

Pastel painting of costumed figures dancing and strolling in a misty garden framed by leafy trees.

Jardin d'amour

1925

Watercolor icon with the Virgin and Child and angels above, a crowd scene, and a bearded man's portrait with halo below.

Icône - Portrait of Eugène Demolder

1893

Pastel painting of masked performers on a stage with green curtains and a foreground audience in feathered hats.

James Ensor - Theatre of masks

1908

Painting of a man in a dark vest standing in a cluttered studio beside a table, with easels and canvases behind him.

Willy Finch in the Studio

1880

Loose brushwork interior with a seated reader, a folding screen, Japanese prints, a red lamp and a standing figure in a robe.

Skeleton Looking at Chinoiseries

1885

Painting of a skull, masks, pitcher and candlesticks on a yellow-draped table with a figure in a red hat.

Pierrot and Skeleton in a Yellow Robe

1893

Painting of two nude children in a warm, curtained interior with a mirror, chest of drawers and patterned carpet.

Children at their Morning Toilet

1886

Painting of a moored sailing boat beside a grassy canal under a grey sky, with distant masts and buildings.

Canal with Barges

1881

Painting of skeletons in colorful costumes, including a top hat and red ruff, against a pale cloudy sky.

Skeletons in Fancy Dress

1898

Colored crayon caricature of three figures, one holding a paintbrush and palette labeled Ensor Leman, dated 1890.

Ensor and Leman discussing painting

1890

Two elderly women in black cloaks sit in a room with skulls, a red cabinet, fish, a crab and a white cat on the floor.

The Melancholy Fishwives

1892

Painting of two cooks in white uniforms with severed heads on a platter and in a pan, beside diners at a table.

The Dangerous Cooks

1896

Painting of masked carnival figures in ruffled costumes and pointed hats gathered on a green ground under a blue sky.

Baptême des masques

1891

Pale oil seascape of cloudy sky over blue sea and sandy shore, painted in loose, textured brushstrokes.

Seaside

1923

Still life painting of red and yellow flowers in vases with a green pot and butterflies on a pink background.

Fleurs et papillons Dutch: Bloemen en vlinders

1883

Hazy painted canal with moored sailboats on the right, a tall ship in the distance, and green banks under a pale sky.

The Canal

1921

Loose oil painting of a seated painter at an easel on dunes, with a woman in a dark coat and hat in the foreground.

In the Dunes (the Painter and his Model)

1883

Painted self-portrait of a bearded man in a dark jacket wearing a straw hat decorated with flowers and a pink feather.

Self-portrait with flower hat

1883

Loose oil sketch of robed figures in a crowd, a white horse, and a red-clad figure beneath a blue sky, by James Ensor.

Return from Calvary

1877

Small painting of a fisher couple on a sandy shore under a pale sky, with a sailboat at right.

Fisher couple

1873

Small oil sketch of two pigs resting against a dark brown ground, with faint pencil lines on the paper.

Pigs

1875

Painting of a figure lying in bed beside a tray of glass bottles and a small statue on a pedestal, in warm orange tones.

The Artist's Mother in Death

1915

Pastel still life of red cabbage, teapot, leeks and carrots on blue cloth, with a mask and figurine in the background.

Still life with a cabbage

1921

Still life of a plucked chicken and blue bottle on a green-patterned table, with a red cloth behind, in loose brushwork.

Stillleben mit blauer Flasche und gerupftem Huhn

1910

Colored drawing of a crowded seaside with bathers in the surf, numbered bathing huts, a radiant sun, and caricatured onlooker

The Baths at Ostend

1890

Etching of a reclining skeletal figure with spiky hair and a grinning skull face, on a pale background.

My Portrait in the Year 1960

1888

Etching of thatched cottages, a church spire, and a lone figure walking a path beside tall trees and shrubs.

Cottages

1888

Portrait of a Man

Pencil sketch of a building facade with balcony and doorway, a seated figure at lower left, and a face and standing figures a

House, jesters, portrait

Man with paint pot

1880

Charcoal sketch of men in top hats and dark coats surrounding a woman in a pale dress, drawn in loose hatched strokes.

Wordly meeting

Charcoal drawing of a helmeted figure holding a lance beside a dark shadowy standing figure, with loose sketched lines.

Don Quichotte

Pencil sketch of a mounted officer leading a cavalry charge under billowing flags, with smoke and fallen soldiers in the fore

Charging army

Pencil sketch of two standing men by a tree with a peacock in outline at lower right, on a sketchbook page.

Two gentlemen and peacock

Charcoal drawing of a man's head with closed eyes, framed by dark hatched shading in an oval on pale paper.

Dead monk

Pencil sketch sheet of grotesque jester figures on pedestals, a standing figure, and a rear-view head study.

Jesters

Pencil sketch of a spiral staircase beside a curved wall, with a loose drapery sketch at upper right.

Spiral staircase

Charcoal sketch of women seated at a table in a dark interior, one wearing a hat, on toned paper.

The Master Painter

Pencil sketch on a sketchbook page of a woman's head with dark hatched hair, plus studies of a hand above.

Sleeping woman

Charcoal sketch of a woman with dark curls and a light headscarf, head turned slightly, looking toward the viewer.

Woman

Sketch sheet of late 19th-century figures in charcoal: women in hats, a standing man, a seated man, and a dancing couple.

Figures

1880

Pen and ink sketch of a crowded beer garden with seated patrons, mugs, a child and a dog in the foreground.

Café-concert à Munich

1880

Charcoal and red chalk sketch by James Ensor showing a large woman's head above small sketched figures and silhouettes.

Woman's head and silhouettes

Charcoal sketch of a group of dark-robed, hooded figures gathered on open ground beneath a hatched sky.

Monks at the ball game

Pencil sketch page with loose studies of standing figures in coats and hats, plus fragmentary hands and drapery at left.

Hands and silhouettes

A Man and a Woman

Charcoal sketch of a standing man in a cloak and hat, with four loosely drawn faces around him.

Don Quichotte and 4 faces

1877

Portrait of a woman

Loose charcoal sketch of a stallion standing in tall grass, head turned to the right, on a pale paper sheet.

Stallion

Colored crayon drawing by James Ensor of a ballet scene with dancers and crowds beneath swirling cloud-like forms.

Ballet scene

1905

Pencil study sheet with a dog head, a seated man writing, a hand with pen, a bearded face and a standing figure.

Theo Hannon

1880

Pencil sketch of an elderly bearded man in a cap, head tilted, with loose hatching on a pale sheet.

Man with hat

1881

Mitche

1880