Cover art for Peintre and Graveur, 1899
Demons Teasing Me, Poster for the James Ensor Exhibition at the Salon des Cent in Paris , 1898
Demons Teasing Me, 1898
The Temptation of Saint Anthony, 1887
The Temptation of Saint Anthony, detail 1, 1887
The Temptation of Saint Anthony, detail 2, 1887
The Temptation of Saint Anthony, detail 3, 1887
Devils Trashing Angels and Archangels, 1888
The Devils Dzitts and Hihanox Leading Christ to Hell, 1895
Petit Persian Turtures, 1896
The Entry of Christ into Brussels, State 3, 1898
Christ in Hell
Christ Descending Into Hell, 1895
The Strike (Massacre of the Ostend Fisherman) 1888
Christ's Entry into Brussels in 1889, 1889/90
Death Chasing the Flock of Mortals, 1896
Hop-Frog's Revenge, colored print, 1898
Hop-Frog's Revenge, 1896
The Love Line, 1924
Monstres Entrelacés Décousus, Entrelardés, 1938
Demons Teasing Me, colored, 1895
Demons Teasing Me, original drawing, 1895
King Pest, 1895
King Pest, original drawing, 1895
Fight of the Dodwn-and-Outs, 1887
Queen Parysatis, 1899
The Ghosts, 1889
Anger (La Colère) from The Deadly Sins (Les Péchés capitaux) colored, 1904
Avarice (L'Avarice) from The Deadly Sins (Les Péchés capitaux) colored, 1904
Sloth (La Paresse) from The Deadly Sins (Les Péchés capitaux) colored, 1902
Gluttony (La Gourmandise) from The Deadly Sins (Les Péchés capitaux) colored, 1904
Lust (La Luxure) from The Deadly Sins (Les Péchés capitaux) colored, 1888
Pride (L'Orgeuil) from The Deadly Sins (Les Péchés capitaux) colored, 1904
Envy (L'Envie) from The Deadly Sins (Les Péchés capitaux) 1904
The Deadly Sins Dominated by Death, 1904
The Deadly Sins dominated by Death, from "The Seven Deadly Sins," colored version 1, 1904
The Deadly Sins dominated by Death, from "The Seven Deadly Sins," colored version 2, 1904
My Aunt Asleep and Dreaming of Monsters, 1888
The Fight of the Down-and-Outs Desir and Rissole, State 2, 1888
The Bad Doctors, 1892
The Bad Doctors, colored, 1895
The Assassination, 1890
Good Judges, 1891
The Good Judges, 1894
The Baths at Ostende, 1889
Red and White Clowns Evolving, 1890
Battle of the Golden Spurs, 1895
Doctrinal Nourishment, 1889
The Gendarmes, 1888
Intrigued Masks, 1930
Perplexed Masks, 1904
Ensor Surrounded By Masks, 1899
The Intrigue, 1890
Masks Confronting Death 1888
Scandalized Masks, 1883
Singular Masks, 1892
Skeletons Fighting For The Body Of A Hanged Man, 1891
Terrible Musicians, 1891
Astonishment of the Mask Wouse, 1889
Pierrot and Skeleton in Yellow Robe, 1893
The Despair of Pierrot, 1892
Comical Repast (Banquet of the Starved) 1917-18
Baptism of Masks, 1925-30
The Skeleton Painter, 1896
Fantastic Ballet, 1918
The Shop Of Grognelet Decoration For The Ballet Range Of Love, 1912
At The Conservatory With The Academy, 1902
The War of Snails, 1911
The Fight of the Angels and the Demons, 1888
Tribulations of Saint Anthony, 1909
The Tribulations of Saint Anthony, 1887
The Temptation of Saint Anthony, 1932
The Infernal Cortege, 1887
Wizards in a Squall, 1888
Carnival Scene, 1913
Composition With Figures, 1946
Scenes from the Life of Christ, 1921
Diables turlupinant un religieux, 1940
The Assassination 1888
Burlesque False Noses
"James Sidney Edouard, Baron Ensor (13 April 1860 – 19 November 1949) was a Belgian painter and printmaker, an important influence on expressionism and surrealism who lived in Ostend for almost his entire life. He was associated with the artistic group Les XX.
Ensor's father, James Frederic Ensor, born in Brussels of English parents, was a cultivated man who studied engineering in England and Germany. Ensor's mother, Maria Catherina Haegheman, was Belgian. Ensor himself lacked interest in academic study and left school at the age of fifteen to begin his artistic training with two local painters. From 1877 to 1880, he attended the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, where one of his fellow students was Fernand Khnopff. Ensor first exhibited his work in 1881. From 1880 until 1917, he had his studio in the attic of his parents' house. His travels were very few: three brief trips to France and two to the Netherlands in the 1880s, and a four-day trip to London in 1892.
During the late 19th century much of his work was rejected as scandalous, particularly his painting Christ's Entry Into Brussels in 1889 (1888–89), but his paintings continued to be exhibited, and he gradually won acceptance and acclaim. In 1895 his painting The Lamp Boy (1880) was acquired by the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels, and he had his first solo exhibition in Brussels. By 1920 he was the subject of major exhibitions; in 1929 he was named a Baron by King Albert, and was the subject of the Belgian composer Flor Alpaerts's James Ensor Suite; and in 1933 he was awarded the band of the Légion d'honneur. Even in the first decade of the 20th century, however, his production of new works was diminishing, and he increasingly concentrated on music—although he had no musical training, he was a gifted improviser on the harmonium, and spent much time performing for visitors. Against the advice of friends, he remained in Ostend during World War II despite the risk of bombardment. In his old age he was an honored figure among Belgians, and his daily walk made him a familiar sight in Ostend. He died there after a short illness, on 19 November 1949." - quote source
A detailed examination along with videos showing the restoration process of James Ensor's "The Temptation of Saint Anthony" can be viewed in this online catalogue at the Art Institute of Chicago.
You'll find a book published in 1922 of Ensor's art at Archive.org.
James Ensor, peintre & graveur, published 1899
Les écrits de James Ensor, 1921
Artworks found at the Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, my own personal scans from various books and additional sources that have been lost to me over the years.
Demons Teasing Me, Poster for the James Ensor Exhibition at the Salon des Cent in Paris , 1898
Demons Teasing Me, 1898
The Temptation of Saint Anthony, 1887
The Temptation of Saint Anthony, detail 1, 1887
The Temptation of Saint Anthony, detail 2, 1887
The Temptation of Saint Anthony, detail 3, 1887
Devils Trashing Angels and Archangels, 1888
The Devils Dzitts and Hihanox Leading Christ to Hell, 1895
Petit Persian Turtures, 1896
The Entry of Christ into Brussels, State 3, 1898
Christ in Hell
Christ Descending Into Hell, 1895
The Strike (Massacre of the Ostend Fisherman) 1888
Christ's Entry into Brussels in 1889, 1889/90
Death Chasing the Flock of Mortals, 1896
Hop-Frog's Revenge, colored print, 1898
Hop-Frog's Revenge, 1896
The Love Line, 1924
Monstres Entrelacés Décousus, Entrelardés, 1938
Demons Teasing Me, colored, 1895
Demons Teasing Me, original drawing, 1895
King Pest, 1895
King Pest, original drawing, 1895
Fight of the Dodwn-and-Outs, 1887
Queen Parysatis, 1899
The Ghosts, 1889
Anger (La Colère) from The Deadly Sins (Les Péchés capitaux) colored, 1904
Avarice (L'Avarice) from The Deadly Sins (Les Péchés capitaux) colored, 1904
Sloth (La Paresse) from The Deadly Sins (Les Péchés capitaux) colored, 1902
Gluttony (La Gourmandise) from The Deadly Sins (Les Péchés capitaux) colored, 1904
Lust (La Luxure) from The Deadly Sins (Les Péchés capitaux) colored, 1888
Pride (L'Orgeuil) from The Deadly Sins (Les Péchés capitaux) colored, 1904
Envy (L'Envie) from The Deadly Sins (Les Péchés capitaux) 1904
The Deadly Sins Dominated by Death, 1904
The Deadly Sins dominated by Death, from "The Seven Deadly Sins," colored version 1, 1904
The Deadly Sins dominated by Death, from "The Seven Deadly Sins," colored version 2, 1904
My Aunt Asleep and Dreaming of Monsters, 1888
The Fight of the Down-and-Outs Desir and Rissole, State 2, 1888
The Bad Doctors, 1892
The Bad Doctors, colored, 1895
The Assassination, 1890
Good Judges, 1891
The Good Judges, 1894
The Baths at Ostende, 1889
Red and White Clowns Evolving, 1890
Battle of the Golden Spurs, 1895
Doctrinal Nourishment, 1889
The Gendarmes, 1888
Intrigued Masks, 1930
Perplexed Masks, 1904
Ensor Surrounded By Masks, 1899
The Intrigue, 1890
Masks Confronting Death 1888
Scandalized Masks, 1883
Singular Masks, 1892
Skeletons Fighting For The Body Of A Hanged Man, 1891
Terrible Musicians, 1891
Astonishment of the Mask Wouse, 1889
Pierrot and Skeleton in Yellow Robe, 1893
The Despair of Pierrot, 1892
Comical Repast (Banquet of the Starved) 1917-18
Baptism of Masks, 1925-30
The Skeleton Painter, 1896
Fantastic Ballet, 1918
The Shop Of Grognelet Decoration For The Ballet Range Of Love, 1912
At The Conservatory With The Academy, 1902
The War of Snails, 1911
The Fight of the Angels and the Demons, 1888
Tribulations of Saint Anthony, 1909
The Tribulations of Saint Anthony, 1887
The Temptation of Saint Anthony, 1932
The Infernal Cortege, 1887
Wizards in a Squall, 1888
Carnival Scene, 1913
Composition With Figures, 1946
Scenes from the Life of Christ, 1921
Diables turlupinant un religieux, 1940
The Assassination 1888
Burlesque False Noses
"James Sidney Edouard, Baron Ensor (13 April 1860 – 19 November 1949) was a Belgian painter and printmaker, an important influence on expressionism and surrealism who lived in Ostend for almost his entire life. He was associated with the artistic group Les XX.
Ensor's father, James Frederic Ensor, born in Brussels of English parents, was a cultivated man who studied engineering in England and Germany. Ensor's mother, Maria Catherina Haegheman, was Belgian. Ensor himself lacked interest in academic study and left school at the age of fifteen to begin his artistic training with two local painters. From 1877 to 1880, he attended the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, where one of his fellow students was Fernand Khnopff. Ensor first exhibited his work in 1881. From 1880 until 1917, he had his studio in the attic of his parents' house. His travels were very few: three brief trips to France and two to the Netherlands in the 1880s, and a four-day trip to London in 1892.
During the late 19th century much of his work was rejected as scandalous, particularly his painting Christ's Entry Into Brussels in 1889 (1888–89), but his paintings continued to be exhibited, and he gradually won acceptance and acclaim. In 1895 his painting The Lamp Boy (1880) was acquired by the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels, and he had his first solo exhibition in Brussels. By 1920 he was the subject of major exhibitions; in 1929 he was named a Baron by King Albert, and was the subject of the Belgian composer Flor Alpaerts's James Ensor Suite; and in 1933 he was awarded the band of the Légion d'honneur. Even in the first decade of the 20th century, however, his production of new works was diminishing, and he increasingly concentrated on music—although he had no musical training, he was a gifted improviser on the harmonium, and spent much time performing for visitors. Against the advice of friends, he remained in Ostend during World War II despite the risk of bombardment. In his old age he was an honored figure among Belgians, and his daily walk made him a familiar sight in Ostend. He died there after a short illness, on 19 November 1949." - quote source
A detailed examination along with videos showing the restoration process of James Ensor's "The Temptation of Saint Anthony" can be viewed in this online catalogue at the Art Institute of Chicago.
You'll find a book published in 1922 of Ensor's art at Archive.org.
James Ensor, peintre & graveur, published 1899
Les écrits de James Ensor, 1921
Artworks found at the Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, my own personal scans from various books and additional sources that have been lost to me over the years.
3 comments:
For those who might be in or near London between now and 29th January, there's this exhibition. Haven't been myself yet, but intend to.
Superb online tribute to a truly visionary, gifted and underrated artist. I had the pleasure of seeing many of these works in person at his retrospective exhibit held by the Art Institute of Chicago. Thanks for your excellent post.
Thank you so much for this great post.
Keep it up!
Alexandros
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