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	James Ensor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		James Sidney Ensor, Baron Ensor (April 13, 1860–November 19, 1949), was a Belgian painter whose unique portrayals of grotesque humanity made him a principal precursor of 20th-century expressionism and surrealism.
		Ensor was born in Ostend, Belgium, in 1860, and — except for three years spent at the Brussels Academy, from 1877 to 1880 — he lived in Ostend all his life.
		Ensor deliberately used harsh, garish colors and violent, broken brushstrokes to heighten the violent effect of his subjects.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Ensor (339 words)

	Ensor, James Ensor, Baron. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Ensor’s imagery reflected one of the most bizarre and powerful visions of his era.
		Ensor exhibited with them regularly until 1888, when his pictures, particularly the Entry of Christ into Brussels, were rejected as scandalous.
		Ensor ranks as one of the great innovators of the late 19th cent.; his art transformed reality, opening the way for surrealism.
	www.bartleby.com /65/en/Ensor-Ja.html (312 words)

	James Ensor
		James Ensor is 17 jaar oud als hij zich 8 Oktober 1877 laat inschrijven aan de Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten te Brussel.
		Het werk van James Ensor: 'Christus bedaart de storm' was werkelijk een kosmische revelatie, een soort geïriseerde wervelstorm, een beetje zoals enkele werken van Turner...
		Ensor leert EMMA Lambotte kennen en dat is op zijn minst een artistieke stimulans.
	www.kunstbus.nl /verklaringen/james+ensor.html (3729 words)

	James Ensor Biography / Biography of James Ensor Biography Biography
		Probably Ensor's unique use of Christian imagery rather than his unorthodox painting technique with its impasto surfaces, slashing brushstrokes, and depersonalized images caused his works to be disclaimed by academic and "free" artists as well as by critics.
		By identifying himself with Christ, Ensor transformed accepted biblical imagery into personal observations on the universal conflicts of innocence and evil, as well as private attacks on his critics; opposition to his own symbolic art thereby became equated with the tortures of Christ's Passion.
		Ensor's sole contact with the world around him was through the medium of his art, which reflected the imagery of his eccentric, morose broodings.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-james-ensor (764 words)

	James Ensor
		While the other members of that aspiring Flemish vanguard are long forgotten, Ensor's legend looms larger and larger, and the descendants of the Belgian bourgeois are regretting that their forbears had not invested in some of Ensor's "outlandish and offensive" works of art.
		James Ensor was born to an English father and a Flemish mother, shopkeepers in the coastal town of Ostend.
		The mental strife engendered by Ensor's early misfortune was a stroke of good luck for the history of art, as the deranged Flemish youth went on to unseal previously-unopened doors to human experience and artistic expression.
	www.worldprintmakers.com /masters/ensor/ensor.htm (748 words)

	Art Critic London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		The son of a feckless English father and a Belgian mother, James Ensor was born in the Belgian resort of Ostend in 1860.
		In one painting Ensor shows a row of grossly distorted white masks mocking a dignified Negro model, suggesting that the pretence of philanthropy by which the piratical Leopold had obtained his African territories could now be cast aside.
		Ensor's genius was to recognise that the secrets and lies he had known within his own family circle were a symptom of a malaise within the whole of Belgian society.
	www.theartnewspaper.com /artcritic/level1/reviewarchive/1997/sep_24_1997_main.html (995 words)

	James Ensor
		Ensor's childhood was spent idling away his time, roaming the dunes of the old port.
		Although the objects of Ensor's canvases are, for the most part, inanimate, they give the impression of having been somehow surprised in the midst of some diabolical activity.
		Ensor was completely isolated in the hallucinatory world of his creation, an isolation that is revealed in his portrayal of the human figure behind a mask, which revealed all of his baser and more destructive aspects.
	www.art-in-print.com /artists/James_Ensor.html (552 words)

	James Ensor -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Ensor was born in (Click link for more info and facts about Ostend) Ostend, Belgium, in 1860, and — except for three years spent at the Brussels Academy, from 1877 to 1880 — he lived in Ostend all his life.
		His early works were of traditional subjects: (A genre of art dealing with the depiction of natural scenery) landscapes, (A painting of inanimate objects such as fruit or flowers) still lifes, (Any likeness of a person) portraits, and interiors painted in deep, rich colors and enriched by a subdued but vibrant light.
		In 1995, the state of Belgium recognized Ensor's achievements by dedicating the 100- (The basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 centimes) franc (~ 2.5 EUR) bill to him and his work.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/ja/james_ensor.htm (368 words)

	TVM 2nd Floor: 19th C. Post-Impressionism -- James Sydney Ensor
		Ensor's father was a British engineer and his mother was from Ostend, Belgium.
		Ensor feeling completely isolated attempts to sell his studio and all its contents for 8,500 francs, but no one is willing to buy.
		Philadelphia, PA, US In 1949, after a short illness, James Ensor, 89, dies and is buried in a cemetery in Mariakerke, not far from Ostend.
	www.tigtail.org /TIG/L_View/TVM/X2/c.PImpressionism/ensor/ensor.html (685 words)

	James Ensor (Getty Museum) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Except for three years studying history and religious painting at the Brussels academy, James Ensor, a Belgian painter, printmaker, and draftsman, lived in Ostend, Belgium, all his life.
		Although Ensor was considered the group’s leader and founder, he had sharp differences of opinion with other group members.
		In the mid-1880s, Ensor suffered from an ulcer and from a personal crisis: his family forbade him to marry the woman he loved.
	www.getty.edu /art/collections/bio/a253-1.html (213 words)

	Christ's Entry into Brussels in 1889 (Getty Museum) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		James Ensor took on religion, politics, and art in this scene of Christ entering contemporary Brussels in a Mardi Gras parade.
		Ensor's society is a mob, threatening to trample the viewer-a crude, ugly, chaotic, dehumanized sea of masks, frauds, clowns, and caricatures.
		Ensor's Christ functioned as a political spokesman for the poor and oppressed-a humble leader of the true religion, in opposition to the atheist social reformer Emile Littré, shown in bishop's garb holding a drum major's baton leading on the eager, mindless crowd.
	www.getty.edu /art/collections/objects/o932.html (272 words)

	ArtsNet Minnesota: Identity: James Ensor
		In Ensor's painting, the figures are placed close to the picture plane as if they are on a stage, dramatically confronting the viewer.
		Rather than depicting things as they actually appear, Ensor creates a sense of fantasy and caricature by exaggerating colors, lines and forms.
		Ensor's nervous brushstrokes move wildly in various directions, adding to the tense mood of the painting.
	www.artsconnected.org /artsnetmn/identity/ensor.html (361 words)

	Encyclopedia: James Ensor
		Self-portrait of James Ensor (on a Belgian poststamp) This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright.
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		In 1994 a new audience was introduced to James Ensor when They Might Be Giants released the song "Meet James Ensor," which aptly describes him as "Belgium's famous painter." 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/James-Ensor (985 words)

	Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide: Spring 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Although Ensor's etchings formed part of a small exhibition two years ago at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and a group of his hand-colored etchings were shown last year at Shepherd Gallery, also in New York, there have been no major retrospectives devoted to his drawings in the United States until now.
		Ensor's first drawings were created mainly in charcoal and document both the artist's training at the Brussels Academy of Fine Art (1877-80) and his early adherence to the tenets of both academic art and its rival, realism.
		Ensor returned to the piece half a decade later and both expanded it and overlaid it with new imagery.
	www.19thc-artworldwide.org /spring_02/reviews/levi.html (2079 words)

	Art Journal: James Ensor's 'Christ's Entry into Brussels in 1889': technical analysis, restoration and ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		James Ensor's 'Christ's Entry into Brussels in 1889': technical analysis, restoration and reinterpretation.
		Restoration work on James Ensor's painting 'Christ's Entry into Brussels in 1889' revealed the traditional methods Ensor employed in making the work.
		While the painting has been hailed as a piece of modernist art, it actually uses compositional devices, underdrawing and a color palette that is taught in traditional painting schools.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:17326644&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (200 words)

	Polish culture: James Ensor - "Prints and Paintings", exhibition
		James Ensor (1860-1949), a precursor of Symbolism and Expressionism, was one of the world's most exceptional artists at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.
		Ensor's lithographs are replete with fantastic and macabre motifs akin to the iconography of Breughl and Bosch.
		As depicted by Ensor, schooners and rowboats rocking on the waves and masts as dense as forests in port exude peace and are charming for their simplicity.
	www.culture.pl /en/culture/artykuly/wy_wy_ensor_mck (206 words)

	James Ensor: The Banquet of the Starved (67.187.68) \| Object Page \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		The Belgian artist James Ensor saw himself as the modern interpreter of the type of nightmare fantasies painted by the fifteenth-century Dutch artist Hieronymus Bosch.
		Ensor spent his entire life in Ostend, Belgium, a famous nineteenth-century seaside resort whose carnival atmosphere turned dark and sinister in his paintings.
		Ensor's natural predilection for the macabre had a firm basis in reality when he painted The Banquet of the Starved in 1915.
	www.metmuseum.org /TOAH/ho/11/euwl/hod_67.187.68.htm (232 words)

	AllRefer.com - Ensor, James Ensor, Baron (European Art, 1600 To The Present, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Ensor, James Ensor, Baron, European Art, 1600 To The Present, Biographies
		Ensor, James Ensor, Baron[jems ANsOr´] Pronunciation Key, 1860–1949, Belgian painter and etcher.
		In Brussels he became one of the original members of "Les XX," a group of avant-garde artists, writers, and musicians.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/E/Ensor-Ja.html (425 words)

	ArtsNet Minnesota: Identity: James Ensor
		James Ensor grew up in the Belgian seaside resort of Ostend where his family owned a souvenir shop on the ground floor of their house.
		The festivities and the store's curious left a permanent mark upon Ensor's imagination and eventually became important motifs in his art.
		Ensor is now considered an important turn of the century artist.
	www.artsconnected.org /artsnetmn/identity/ensor2.html (354 words)

	TASCHEN Books: All Titles - All Titles - Ensor - Facts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		It was never a sure thing that James Ensor, the great Belgian painter of macabre and ghoulish scenes, would become a nationally revered figure.
		An expressionist before the term was coined, Ensor used the iconography of masks and skeletons to point up the essential horrors of life, and often underwrote his images with a sardonic gallows humour.
		A genuine maverick in the way that so many Belgian artists are (lest we forget Magritte), James Ensor can claim a dark and distinctive place in the art histories of the last hundred years.
	www.taschen.com /pages/en/catalogue/books/all_topics/all/facts/01725.htm (249 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - James Sydney Ensor - the Artist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		James Sydney Ensor is one of the most surprising artists of the 19th Century.
		Ensor became successful, and with success began his artistic decline.
		Ensor never married, though he did have close relationships with lady friends, and his later life was serene and convivial, belying the sombre themes of his early works.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/getwriting/A260452 (468 words)

	American Fundamentalists by Joel Pelletier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Born in a small town in Belgium, a son of antiques and curiosity dealers, James Ensor grew up above an interesting shop full of musical instruments, masks from all over the world, and generally creative junk that fed his creative imagination.
		Ensor's obsessions, which all artist's need in order to create, included death and immortality, masks and hats, and (as he got more dissapointed with the reaction to his art) persecution and the ridiculing of power.
		His concerns about immortality resolved this way: we all die (he did a great sketch entitled "Self Portrait, 1960", where all you see is a skeleton), only Art survives, but as an artist I can live forever through my work (or at least longer than the politicians and blowhards around me).
	www.joelp.com /americanfundamentalists/history.html (802 words)

	James Ensor
		"James Ensor is too potent and fertile an artist to fit the categories available to theory.
		Both Ensor and Laforgue use their powers of derision to unmask and disintegrate the threadbare, skeletal shibboleths revered by their more solemn and blinkered colleagues.
		He was awarded the title of Baron, but his belated success had an unexpected consequence: Ensor's inspiration ran dry and the man survived the artist.
	www.artchive.com /artchive/E/ensor.html (415 words)

	James Ensor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Ensor reasoned that if Christ were to return to earth, modern commercial and political interests would certainly try to co-opt the event.
		Ensor identified with the martyred Christ, and he used his own features for the face of Christ.
		Ensor kept The Entry of Christ into Brussels with him throughout his life, and as with many of his paintings, he made a number of alterations to it.
	www.bc.edu /bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/art/ensor.html (527 words)

	James Ensor Online
		James Ensor at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
		James Ensor copyright requests handled by the Artists Rights Society.
		All images and text on this James Ensor page are copyright 1999-2005 by John Malyon/Artcyclopedia, unless otherwise noted.
	www.artcyclopedia.com /artists/ensor_james.html (293 words)

	James Ensor (1860 - 1949) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
		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.
		James Ensor, La mort poursuivant le troupeau des humains (Death Pursuing the Herd of Humanity), 1896
	wwar.com /masters/e/ensor-james.html (911 words)

	'I'm Mad, I'm Foolish, I'm Nasty`
		In this film we see how James Ensor, an acknowledged initiator of Expressionism, begins with an essentially Impressionist style, but gradually introduces more fantastical, scatological subject matter, a `caricature' style of drawing and physical paint-handling and more artificial color.
		The influence on his imagery and color of the spectacular shells and the exotic masks and grotesques sold in his parents' and uncle's souvenir shops in his native Ostend is suggested in the film, as is the atmospheric protean presence of the sea.
		We are left to speculate on the rôle of his dominating mother, and of his dissolute father who died when the artist was a young man. Death, and a strangely whimsical eroticism, were Ensor's recurrent preoccupations.
	www.roland-collection.com /rolandcollection/section/14/509.htm (339 words)

	Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		When Ensor's works were rejected by the Brussels Salon in 1883, he joined a group of progressive artists called Les Vingt (q.v.
		Ensor, nevertheless, continued to paint such nightmarish visions as “Masks (Intrigues)” (1890) and “Skeletons Fighting for the Body of a Hanged Man” (1891; both in the Musée Royal des Beaux-Arts, Antwerp).
		As criticism of his work became more abusive, the artist became more cynical and misanthropic, a state of mind given frightening expression in his “Portrait of the Artist Surrounded by Masks.” He finally became a recluse and was seen in public so seldom that he was rumoured to be dead.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/print_toc?tocId=9032701 (315 words)

	WEBORGERS -The Belgian Painters
		This painter cannot be dissociated from his hometown Ostende, city on the shore of the North Sea, very famous "tourist spot" at the end of the 19th Century, eclectic and cosmopolitan.
		Ensor was never well accepted as painter during his life, due to his very critical way of depicting social life and his contemporaries in his drawings.
		James Ensor is certainly one of the precursors of the Modern Art in painting.
	www.geocities.com /Paris/Cafe/2877/paint/paint.html (515 words)

	Tallulahs Directory of Classical Master Artists and Nude Images; James Ensor
		Ensor used harsh, garish colors and violent, broken brushstrokes to heighten the violent effect of his paintings.
		Ensor paved the way for surrealism and Dada leading directly to expressionism.
		James Ensor was never well accepted as painter during his life, due to his very critical way of depicting social life and his contemporaries in his drawings.
	tallulahs.com /ensor.html (307 words)

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