Artist: James Ensor (1860 - 1949)
Nationality: Belgian
Movement: Post-Impressionism
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Belgian artist, James Ensor learned impressionist method, but rebelliously incorporated controversial themes, colors, and shapes into his work. He developed these ideas at the same time as Van Gogh, although there is no record of any interaction between the two or knowledge of either's work In 1884, he helped found the art Les Vignts, but his preference for solitude led him away from the group. Ensor’s focus on morbid subjects such as skulls and corpses in his early work incited criticism from the public. Although his paintings became more traditional later in his life, Ensor is noted for those earlier paintings because of their significance in the transition from Symbolism to Surrealism.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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James Ensor The Gendarmes ET 1888
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James Ensor The Assassination ET 1888
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James Ensor Les Vents Etching 1888
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James Ensor Le combat de Desir et Rissole Drypoint 19th - 20th century
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James Ensor Petites figures bizarres (Small Bizarre Figures) etching 1888
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James Ensor La mort poursuivant le troupeau des humains (Death Pursuing the Herd of Humanity) Etching 1896
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Artist: James Ensor Title: L"Intrigue Date: 1911 Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: H.37-1/4 x W.44-1/4
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James Ensor Petites figures bizarres (Small Bizarre Figures) Etching with watercolor by the artist on laid watermarked Holland paper 1888
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Artist: James Ensor Title: Still Life (Vase of Flowers) Date: 1883 Medium: oil on canvas
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Artist: James Ensor Title: Bouquet d"Arbres Date: 1888 Medium: etching Dimensions: H.3-5/8 x W.5-1/8 in.
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Artist: James Ensor Title: Les Patineurs Date: 1889 Medium: etching, hand-colored on stiff simili Japan
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James Ensor - The Intrigue 1911 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts Belgian
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James Ensor - Seascape 1881 Oil on Canvas University of California, Berkeley Art Museum Belgian
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James Ensor - Meadow Flowers 1883 oil on canvas, mount Minneapolis Institute of Arts Belgian
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James Ensor - The Finding of Moses 1924 oil on canvas University of California, Berkeley Art Museum Belgian
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James Ensor - L'Assassinat (The Assassination) 1888 etching with gouache The Museum of Modern Art Belgian
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James Ensor - Skeletons Warming Themselves 1889 oil on canvas Kimbell Art Museum Belgian
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James Ensor - Entry of Christ into Brussels 1898 hand-colored etching Des Moines Art Center Belgian
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James Ensor - Masks Confronting Death 1888 oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art Belgian
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James Ensor - The Garden of the Rousseau Family 1885 oil on fabric Cleveland Museum of Art Belgian
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James Ensor - Tribulations of Saint Anthony 1887 oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art Belgian
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James Ensor - L'Entrée du Christ a Bruxelles (The Entrance of Christ into Brussels) 1898 etching and drypoint The Museum of Modern Art Belgian
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James Ensor, Belgian, 1860-1949 Still Life with Sea Shells 1923 Oil on panel 44.5 x
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James Bard - Steamship James Fisk, Jr. 1870 oil on board Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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James Basire, Sr. Portrait of Sir James Burrow Engraving 18th - 19th century
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Artist: attributed to James Frothingham Title: Portrait of Rev. James M. Winchell. Date: 19th century
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James Heath James II stipple engraving 18th - 19th century
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James Beard Dog with Puppies oil on canvas 1863
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Edward Francis Burney James Thomson, frontispiece in the book The Seasons by James Thomson (London: F. J. du Roverayä, 1802) engraving 1801
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Joseph Jonathan Blackburn - James Pitts 1757 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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Joseph Jonathan Blackburn - Mrs. James Pitts 1757 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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Matthew Harris Jouett - James G. McKinney n.d. oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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Sir Henry Raeburn - James Cruikshank c. 1805-08 oil on canvas The Frick Collection British
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El Greco - Portrait of St. James the Less c. 1595 oil on canvas The Hyde Collection Greek/Spanish
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Joseph Badger - James Bowdoin 1746-47 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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Daniel Huntington - Dr. James Hall 1857 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Sir Henry Raeburn - Mrs. James Cruikshank c. 1805-08 oil on canvas The Frick Collection British
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Gilbert Stuart - James Madison c. 1821 oil on wood National Gallery of Art American
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Gilbert Stuart - James Munroe c. 1817 oil on wood National Gallery of Art American
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Jeremiah Theus - James Cuthbert c. 1765 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Jacob Eichholtz - James P. Smith c. 1835 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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James Basire, Sr. One of Eight Landscapes Etching 18th - 19th century
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James Basire, Sr. One of Eight Landscapes Etching 18th - 19th century
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James Basire, Sr. One of Eight Landscapes Etching 18th - 19th century
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James Basire, Sr. One of Eight Landscapes Etching 18th - 19th century
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James Basire, Sr. One of Eight Landscapes Etching 18th - 19th century
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James Basire, Sr. One of Eight Landscapes Etching 18th - 19th century
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James Basire, Sr. One of Eight Landscapes Etching 18th - 19th century
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James Basire, Sr. One of Eight Landscapes Etching 18th - 19th century
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James Basire, Sr. Portrait Of Camden Engraving 1789
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James Basire, Sr. Portrait of Lady Stanhope Engraving 1772
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William Hamilton The Seasons by James Thomson (London: F. J. du Roverayä, 1802) book with 7 engravings 1802
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James B. Moore Untitled [Bag and two walnuts] graphite, charcoal and pastel circa 1980
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James Tissot Printemps etching 1878
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James Tissot Self Portrait oil on panel circa 1865
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George Romney - Colonel James Clitherow 1784 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester British
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Cecilia Beaux - Portrait of James V. Watson c. 1893 oil on canvas National Museum of Women in the Arts American
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Robert J. Wickenden - James Edmund Scripps 19th-20th centu oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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Gilbert Charles Stuart - Portrait of James Ward 1779 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts American
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Gilbert Stuart - Dr. James Stuart c. 1815 oil on wood Cleveland Museum of Art American
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E.E. Cummings - James Sibley Watson n.d. oil on pulp board Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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Matthew Brady - John James Audubon c. 1847-48 daguerreotype, half Cincinnati Art Museum American
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Henry Inman - Portrait of Mrs. James W. Wallack c. 1828 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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Matthew Brady - John James Audubon c. 1847-48 daguerreotype, half Cincinnati Art Museum American
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Henri Fantin-Latour - Duchess de Fitz-James 1867 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art French
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Henri Fantin-Latour - Mademoiselle de Fitz-James 1867 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art French
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The Twelve Apostles: Saints Bartholomew, Andrew, Matthew, James the Greater, Thaddeus, Philip, James the Lesser,
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Ferdinand Hodler - James Vibert, Sculptor 1907 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago Dutch
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James Tissot A La Fenetre etching and drypoint 1875
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James Tissot Le Dimanche Matin drypoint 1883
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James Valentine Chepstow Castle Albumen print 19th century
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James Tissot William Eglinton etching printed in red 1885
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Anonymous Portrait of James Albert Clark pen knife carving on paper 1884
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Artist: Gilbert Stuart Title: Portrait of James Ward Date: 1799 Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions:
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James Basire, Sr. Death Of The Virgin Engraving 18th - 19th century
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James Tissot Mon Jardin a St. John's Wood etching 1878
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James Valentine Moray House, Edinburgh albumen print circa 1850
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James Valentine Dryburgh Abbey, from East albumen print circa 1850
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James Tissot Le Matin Mezzotint and drypoint on chine collÈ 1886
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James Tissot Le Banc de Jardin mezzotint 19th - 20th century
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James Gillray New Morality 18th - 19th century
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James Tissot SoirÈe d'ÈtÈ (Summer Evening) Etching and drypoint 1882
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James Tissot Parable of the Prodigal Son - Frontispiece etching & drypoint 1881
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James Tissot Parable of the Prodigal Son - Pl.I The Departure etching & drypoint 1881
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James Tissot Parable of the Prodigal Son - Pl.III The Return etching & drypoint 1881
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Charles Willson Peale - James Latimer (1720-1807) 1788-1789 oil on canvas Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts American
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Charles Willson Peale - James Claypoole (1720-1784) c. 1783 oil on canvas Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts American
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Francisco Bayeu y Subias - Saint James being visited by the Virgin 1760 oil on canvas The National Gallery, London Spanish
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John Singleton Copley - Mrs. James Russell (Katherine Graves) c. 1770 oil on canvas North Carolina Museum of Art American
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William Dyce - Mrs. John Clerk Maxwell and her Son James 1832-1833 oil on canvas Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery British
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Cecilia Beaux - Ethel Page (Mrs. James Large) 1884 oil on canvas National Museum of Women in the Arts American
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noel-nicolas coypel - St. James the Greater and the Magician Hermogenes 1726 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art French
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Henri Fantin-Latour - Marie-Yolande de Fitz-James 1867 oil on fabric Cleveland Museum of Art French
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Sir Henry Raeburn - Colonel Francis James Scott 1796-1811 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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James Tissot Les dames des chars (The Ladies of the Chariots) Etching and drypoint 1885
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James Tissot Parable of the Prodigal Son - Pl.IV The Fatted Calf etching & drypoint 1881
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James Tissot Parable of the Prodigal Son - Pl.II In Foreign Climes etching & drypoint 1881
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John Neagle - Colonel Augustus James Pleasonton 1846 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Henry Raeburn - Sir James Montgomery, Second Baronet of Stanhope 1804 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art Scottish
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James Valentine Dryburgh Abbey, the High Altar albumen print circa 1850

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (6)
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Museum voor Moderne Kunst: Vic Gentils: The Big Happening
Gentils work of art, however, is more than just an homage to a great artist. As a matter of fact, there are quite some affinities between the oeuvre of Ensor and that of Gentils. The sarcastic, often even cynical view of humankind is the centra...
Pierre Gianadda Foundation: Russian Icons, the Saints
Noted for its outstanding exhibitions the Fondation Gianadda, constructed over Roman ruins, since its opening in 1978, has presented works by such distinguished artists as Chagall, Gauguin, van Gogh, Kahlo, Kandinsky, Lautrec, M...
Stedelijk Museum: Mandarin Ducks: Jeroen de Rijke and Willem de Rooij
A distinctive feature of the Venice presentation of Mandarin Ducks was the spatial situation in which there was a relation between the light and architecture of the Rietveld Pavilion in the Giardini of the Biennale, and the set used in making the ...
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen: Hieronymus Bosch 1450-1516: Only Opportunity to See So Many Works Together
In addition, the exhibition encompasses a multitude of paintings from Bosch's workshop and his contemporaries. The continued fascination for Bosch's work is illustrated by the modern and contemporary works included in the exhibition by art...
Cleveland Museum of Art: Trenton Doyle Hancock: Moments in Mound History
Trenton Doyle Hancocks art reveals an obsession with feelings and imparts associations that are personal and universal, factual and fictive. Through an idiosyncratic narrative of his own design, Hancock tackles sticky subjects and addresses the co...
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art: TheFlower as Image: 150 Works by the World’s Greatest Artists
It is thus the ambition of the exhibition to show how, throughout the epoch of modern art, the artists use, treat, challenge, express and experiment with the flower and its potential in the artistic process. Or, to put it differently, with the flo...

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Christs Entry into Brussels in 1889 (Getty Museum)

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