James Ensor

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.


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James Ensor Plague Above,Plague below,Plague all around oil


Plague Above,Plague below,Plague all around
Painting ID::  37528
Plague Above,Plague below,Plague all around
mk126 1904 This print,like the earlier 1888 drawing that it copied in reverse,is base on a photograph of a trip Ensor took with family and friends to Bruges.
   
   
     

James Ensor At the Conservatory oil


At the Conservatory
Painting ID::  37529
At the Conservatory
mk126 1902 As he later wrote to his friend the poet and art critic pol de Mont,frome the very start of His career.
   
   
     

James Ensor The Fight oil


The Fight
Painting ID::  37530
The Fight
mk126 ca.1910 It seems that Ensor was already fascinated by the motif of fighting men a number of years before he produced this work
   
   
     

James Ensor The Assassination oil


The Assassination
Painting ID::  37531
The Assassination
mk126 1890 The Macabre side of the Victorian imagination was fueled by naturalist novels and sensationalist tabloids
   
   
     

James Ensor The Wise judges oil


The Wise judges
Painting ID::  37532
The Wise judges
mk126 1891 Social satire works best when there is just enough of a connection with reality to underscore is sardonic difference.
   
   
     

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     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.

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