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: (40)
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James Ensor, The Gendarmes, 1888
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James Ensor, The Assassination, 1888
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James Ensor, Les Vents, 1888
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
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, Le combat de Desir et Rissole, 19th - 20th century
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James Ensor, Petites figures bizarres (Small Bizarre Figures), 1888
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James Ensor, Petites figures bizarres (Small Bizarre Figures), 1888
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James Ensor, La mort poursuivant le troupeau des humains (Death Pursuing the Herd of Humanity), 1896
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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 - The Finding of Moses 1924 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 - 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 - The Garden of the Rousseau Family 1885 oil on fabric Cleveland Museum of Art 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 - 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
Museum of Fine Arts -
James Ensor, Belgian, 1860-1949 Still Life with Sea Shells 1923 Oil on panel 44.5 x
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
James Heath, James II, 18th - 19th century
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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, 18th - 19th century
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Artist: attributed to James Frothingham Title: Portrait of Rev. James M. Winchell. Date: 19th century
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
James Beard, Dog with Puppies , 1863
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John James Audubon, Douglass" Squirrel, a study for pl. 48 ofViviparous Quadripeds of North America by John James Audubon and Rev. John Bachman (New York: John James Audubon, 1845-1848), circa 1843
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Joseph Jonathan Blackburn - Mrs. James Pitts 1757 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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Joseph Jonathan Blackburn - James Pitts 1757 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute 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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El Greco - Portrait of St. James the Less c. 1595 oil on canvas The Hyde Collection Greek/Spanish
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Jeremiah Theus - James Cuthbert c. 1765 oil on canvas National Gallery 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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Gilbert Stuart - James Madison c. 1821 oil on wood 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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Sir Henry Raeburn - James Cruikshank c. 1805-08 oil on canvas The Frick Collection British
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Daniel Huntington - Dr. James Hall 1857 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Joseph Badger - James Bowdoin 1746-47 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American

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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