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Biography 
13.4.1860
Born in Oostende, VWV (BE)
Ensor, James Sidney, Baron Ensor, Belgian painter, whose unique portrayals of grotesque humanity made him a principal precursor of
20th-century expressionism and surrealism.
except for three years spent at the Brussels Academy, from 1877 to 1880, he lived in Oostende all his life. His early works were of traditional subjects—landscapes, still lifes, portraits, interiors—painted in deep, rich colors and lighted by subdued but vibrant light. In the mid-1880s, influenced by the bright color of the impressionists and the grotesque imagery of earlier Flemish masters such as Hieronymus Bosch and Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Ensor turned toward avant-garde themes and styles. He took his subject matter principally from Oostende´s holiday crowds, which filled him with revulsion and disgust. Portraying individuals as clowns or skeletons or replacing their faces with carnival masks, he represented humanity as stupid, smirking, vain, and loathsome. Outstanding in this vein is his immense canvas Christ´s Entry Into Brussels in 1889 (1888, J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, California).
Ensor deliberately used harsh, garish colors and violent, broken brushstrokes to heighten the violent effect of his subjects. His work had an important influence on - 20th-century painting, his lurid subject matter paving the way for surrealism and Dada, and his techniques—particularly his brushwork and his coloristic sense—leading directly to expressionism
17.11.1949
Died in Oostende, VWV (BE)
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Public exhibitions 67
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James Ensor - Schrecken ohne Ende
Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal 
Solo shows 16
2007
Masquerade: the work of James Ensor
Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight
James Ensor: Paintings
Peter Freeman, Inc., New York City, NY
2006
James Ensor
Fries Museum, Leeuwarden
Ensors Graphic Modernism
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2005
James Ensor
Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt/Main
James Ensor
Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu City
James Ensor - Radierungen aus der Sammlung Hegewisch und dem Kupferstichkabinett
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
2004
Bitte nehmen Sie Platz, Herr Ensor!
MARTa Herford, Herford
James Ensor - Bestandsausstellung
 Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hannover
2003
James Ensor - Vision und Aufruhr
Quadrat Bottrop - Josef Albers Museum, Bottrop
2002
James Ensor - vizionář modernosti
Galerie výtvarného umění v Chebu / Gallery of Visual Art in Cheb, Cheb
2001
Between Street and Mirror - The Drawings of James Ensor
The Drawing Center, New York City, NY
2000
James Ensor
Fred Jahn Studio - Kunsthandel, Munich
1999
James Ensor
Museo d´Arte Moderna, Lugano
James Ensor 1860-1949 - Visionär der Moderne
Hachmeister Galerie, Münster
James Ensor
The Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya
Group shows 50
2007
Der Kuss der Sphinx. Symbolismus in Belgien
BA-CA Kunstforum Wien, Vienna
Drawings, Watercolors and Gouaches: From Toulouse-Lautrec to Freud
Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York City, NY
Der Symbolismus und die Kunst der Gegenwart
Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal
Re-picturing the Past/Picturing the Present
MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
100 Jahre Kunsthalle Mannheim
Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim
Chefs-d`oevre des Musees royauk de Beaux-Arts de Belgique
NMAO National Museum of Art Osaka, Osaka
Auktion 24
 Lehr - Auktionshaus und Galerie, Berlin
A New Key: Modern Belgian Art from the Simon Collection
McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
Strip en Kunst
Singer Laren, Laren
2006
Six Feet Under; Autopsie unseres Umgang mit Toten
Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern
Ensor and the avantgardes by the sea
Museum Voor Moderne Kunst (PMMK), Oostende
Auktion 23
Lehr - Auktionshaus und Galerie, Berlin
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium Exhibition
NMWA The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
Essay
Galerie St. Etienne, New York City, NY
Inner Worlds Outside
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (England)
2005
Marine - Paintings of the Sea
Crane Kalman Gallery, London (England)
Les Grands Spectacles - 120 Jahre Kunst und Massenkultur
Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg
Life and Limb
KINZ, TILLOU + FEIGEN (ex Feigen Contemporary), New York City, NY
Chronos
Cesac - Centro Sperimentale per le Arti Contemporanee, Caraglio
1905-2005 : Du Palais des Beaux-arts au MAMAC
MAMAC Musée d´Art Moderne et Contemporain, Liège
Blumenstück - Künstlers Glück
Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
(my private) Heroes
MARTa Herford, Herford
Auktion 20
Lehr - Auktionshaus und Galerie, Berlin
La Beauté de l’Enfer
Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels
Belgique visionnaire
BOZAR - Palais des Beaux-Arts / Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels
2004
Liège-Nancy, aller-retour
MAMAC Musée d´Art Moderne et Contemporain, Liège
Bäume
Galerie Biedermann, Munich
Andererseits - Die Phantastik
Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum - Schlossmuseum, Linz
Modern Means: Continuity and Change in Art from 1880 to the Present
Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
A century of belgian painting
Frissiras Museum, Athens
Das MoMA in Berlin. Meisterwerke aus dem Museum of Modern Art, New York
Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Multiple Räume (1) :Seele - Konstruktionen des Innerlichen in der Kunst
Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden
2003
Künstlerphotographien - Berühmte Photographen portraitieren berühmte Künstler
Galerie Pudelko, Bonn
Bilbao a Genova - La cultura cambia le città
Palazzo Ducale, Genoa
The Human Figure
David Nolan Gallery, New York City, NY
EXPRESSIV!
Foundation Beyeler, Riehen
2002
Affinities - Francisco Toledo, James Ensor, José Guadalupe Posada
USC Fisher Gallery - University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Durch 150 Jahre in Schwarz - Weiss
Hachmeister Galerie, Münster
Interieur met dame
Fries Museum, Leeuwarden
Mirror Image
UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2001
STILLEBEN NATURE MORTE STILL LIFE NATURA MORTA
Hachmeister Galerie, Münster
2000
Expression und Meditation - Die Sammlung Rombold
MMK Museum Moderner Kunst - Stiftung Wörlen, Passau
Jean Tinguely - In Basel lebte ich mit dem Totentanz
Museum Tinguely, Basel
Cosmos - From Goya to De Chirico from Friedrich to Kiefer
Palazzo Grassi, Venice
1999
Masterprints
Galerie nächst St. Stephan - Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna
James Ensor / Enzo Cucchi
Artiscope, Brussels
James Ensor & Gustav Kluge
Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin
Expression und Meditation - Sammlung Rombold
Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz
La consolation
MAGASIN-Centre National d’art Contemporain de Grenoble, Grenoble
1998
Un siècle de collage en Belgique
Centre de la Gravure et de lImage imprimée, La Louvière
Dealer Directory 5
Germany
Hachmeister Galerie, Münster
Switzerland
Galerie Beyeler, Basel
United Kingdom
Faggionato Fine Arts, London (England)
Richard Nagy, London (England)
USA
Kiechel Fine Art, Lincoln, NE
Public collections 35
Belgium
Musée Charlier, Brussels
Dexia Art Gallery, Brussels
Musée d´Art Moderne Bruxelles, Brussels
MDD - Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle
MAMAC Musée d´Art Moderne et Contemporain, Liège
Museum Voor Moderne Kunst (PMMK), Oostende
Brazil
Museu de Arte Moderna Murilo Mendes, Juiz de Fora, MG
Canada
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, Montreal, QC
Finland
Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki
France
Musée d´Orsay, Paris
Germany
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud, Cologne
Museum Folkwang Essen, Essen
Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hannover
Neue Pinakothek, Munich
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart
Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal
Iran
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran
Israel
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel-Aviv
The Helena Rubinstein Pavilion for Contemporary Art, Tel-Aviv
Italy
Gallerie d´Arte Moderna di Udine GAMUD, Udine
Japan
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe
NMWA The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
Netherlands
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
Kröller-Müller museum, Otterlo
Spain
Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Bilbao
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
Switzerland
Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny
Schaulager, Münchenstein / Basel
United Kingdom
Tate Britain, London (England)
USA
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive BAM/PFA, Berkeley, CA
MFA - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX
MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
UAMA - The University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
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