James Ensor The flowering Clarinet Painting ID:: 37549 new11/James Ensor-596988.jpg
The flowering Clarinet mk126
1938
Flowers and musical instruments are the two elements of Composi-tion chose by James Ensor to honor August de Boeck
James Ensor The Triumph of Venus Painting ID:: 37551 new11/James Ensor-858973.jpg
The Triumph of Venus mk126
1940
Following in the tradition of Botticelli,Ensor takes up the motif of the foam-born Vens.
James Ensor The ideal Painting ID:: 37552 new11/James Ensor-923583.jpg
The ideal mk126
1925
James Ensor Nymphs,Dancers,Demons Painting ID:: 37553 new11/James Ensor-599884.jpg
Nymphs,Dancers,Demons mk126
ca.1908
Drawn with colored pencils on an overprinted gray-black ground.
James Ensor The Fight of the Angels and the Demons Painting ID:: 37554 new11/James Ensor-233998.jpg
The Fight of the Angels and the Demons mk12
1888
This drawing combines two subjects characteristic for Ensor-s entire oeuvre.
James Ensor Devils Tormenting a Monk Painting ID:: 37555 new11/James Ensor-294976.jpg
Devils Tormenting a Monk mk126
1940
James Ensor Sloth Painting ID:: 37556 new11/James Ensor-553549.jpg
Sloth mk126
1902
The Depiction of sloth is almost theatrical.
James Ensor Lust Painting ID:: 37557 new11/James Ensor-749435.jpg
Lust mk126
1888
Lust is the first sheet of the series that Ensor produced.
James Ensor Anger Painting ID:: 37558 new11/James Ensor-536735.jpg
Anger mk126
1903
A Man and a woman are fighting-They have already wounded each other with their weapons.
James Ensor Pride Painting ID:: 37559 new11/James Ensor-652757.jpg
Pride mk126
1903
Old People,ugly and poor people,a priest,even a donkey and death bow before a distinguished-looking man.
James Ensor Avarice Painting ID:: 37560 new11/James Ensor-682532.jpg
Avarice mk126
1903
As a thin old man sis at the table counting his money,two thieves take him by surprise.
James Ensor Envy Painting ID:: 37561 new11/James Ensor-435742.jpg
Envy mk126
1903
A pretty young mother presents her progeny.like Mary with the Christ child.she is surrounded by a luminous halo,and she radiates clam and contentment.
James Ensor Gluttony Painting ID:: 37562 new11/James Ensor-992873.jpg
Gluttony mk126
1903
Two Men sit at a table and throw up the meal they have just eaten,while death is already bringing them the next course.
James Ensor The Deadly Sins Dominated by Death Painting ID:: 37563 new11/James Ensor-524492.jpg
The Deadly Sins Dominated by Death mk126
1903
This sheet Concludes the series of The Seven Deadly Sins-It also served as the frontispiece for the album of 1904
James Ensor Louis Xiv Playing Billiards Painting ID:: 37564 new11/James Ensor-369583.jpg
Louis Xiv Playing Billiards mk126
1903
James Ensor Louis XIV Playing Billiards Painting ID:: 37565 new11/James Ensor-645882.jpg
Louis XIV Playing Billiards mk126
1903
James Ensor Napoleon Playing Billiards Painting ID:: 37566 new11/James Ensor-382843.jpg
Napoleon Playing Billiards mk126
1903
James Ensor Drunken Men Playing Billiards Painting ID:: 37567 new11/James Ensor-487578.jpg
Drunken Men Playing Billiards mk126
1903
James Ensor Waiters and Cooks Playing Billiards,Emma Lambotte at the Billiard Table Painting ID:: 37568 new11/James Ensor-557558.jpg
Waiters and Cooks Playing Billiards,Emma Lambotte at the Billiard Table mk126
1903
James Ensor The Billiard Cue in the Drap,Henri de Groux Playing Billiards Painting ID:: 37569 new11/James Ensor-754639.jpg
The Billiard Cue in the Drap,Henri de Groux Playing Billiards mk126
1903
James Ensor Skeletons Playing Billiards Painting ID:: 37570 new11/James Ensor-275428.jpg
Skeletons Playing Billiards mk126
1904
James Ensor Do nothing and Let Them Laugh Painting ID:: 37571 new11/James Ensor-553594.jpg
Do nothing and Let Them Laugh mk126
1939
The Abundant Charm of this small,late work comes from its dynamism and vivid coloration.
James Ensor Souvenirs Painting ID:: 37572 new11/James Ensor-236294.jpg
Souvenirs mk126
1926
Various authors have expressed the opinion that Ensor-s Creativity dissipated around 1900
James Ensor The Vile Vivisectors Painting ID:: 37573 new11/James Ensor-896543.jpg
The Vile Vivisectors mk126
ca.1930
James Ensor Demons Tormenting me Painting ID:: 37574 new11/James Ensor-536888.jpg
Demons Tormenting me mk126
1895
This hand-Colored etching is based on an 1888 drawing,a self-Portrait of Ensor surrounded by grotesque monsters who tug,prod,and beseech him.
James Ensor Poster for the Salon des Cent Painting ID:: 37575 new11/James Ensor-832742.jpg
Poster for the Salon des Cent mk126
1898
Ensor obviously liked the idea of the artist resisting teasing demons,for he used this same image,this time in a vertical format.
James Ensor Poster for the Carnival at Ostend Painting ID:: 37576 new11/James Ensor-886462.jpg
Poster for the Carnival at Ostend mk126
1931
James Ensor Poster for the Theatre Royal d-Ostende Painting ID:: 37577 new11/James Ensor-423652.jpg
Poster for the Theatre Royal d-Ostende mk126
1932
James Ensor Skeletons Fighting over a Hanged Man Painting ID:: 40823 new16/James Ensor-426954.jpg
Skeletons Fighting over a Hanged Man mk156
1891
Oil on canvas
59x74cm
Belgian
1860-1949
Belgian painter, printmaker and draughtsman. No single label adequately describes the visionary work produced by Ensor between 1880 and 1900, his most productive period. His pictures from that time have both Symbolist and Realist aspects, and in spite of his dismissal of the Impressionists as superficial daubers he was profoundly concerned with the effects of light. His imagery and technical procedures anticipated the colouristic brilliance and violent impact of Fauvism and German Expressionism and the psychological fantasies of Surrealism. Ensor most memorable and influential work was almost exclusively produced before 1900, but he was largely unrecognized before the 1920s in his own country. His work was highly influential in Germany, however: Emil Nolde visited him in 1911, and was influenced by his use of masks; Paul Klee mentions him admiringly in his diaries; Erich Heckel came to see him in the middle of the war and painted his portrait (1930; Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Mus.); Alfred Kubin owned several of his prints, while Marc Chagall and George Grosz also adapted certain elements from Ensor. All the artists of the Cobra group saw him as a master. He influenced many Belgian artists including Leon Spilliaert, Rik Wouters, Constant Permeke, Frits van den Berghe, Paul Delvaux and Pierre Alechinsky.