James Sidney Ensor (Ostend, 13 April 1860-19 November 1949) was the son of an English father (James Frederic) and a Belgian mother (Maria Catharina Haegheman). Although he lived in Ostend until his death, he regularly stayed in Brussels and actively participated in the artistic life of the capital city. With the exception of a few excursions to London, Holland and Paris, Ensor scarcely traveled. In 1881, he debuted with the progressive Brussels art circle, La Chrysalide. He quickly became recog
The former home of a trailblazing surrealist is still filled with haunting dolls and grim paintings.
various masks from the estate of James Ensor, exhibition at the Gemeente Museum, The Hague
Haagse Gemeente Museum.
Peter Freeman, Inc., founded in 1990, represents leading international artists and the estates of several generations, spanning the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries, and specializes in important historical works with particular emphasis on early Pop, Minimal, and Conceptual Art. The gallery presents at least five exhibitions each year of work we believe is especially relevant to the art of our time. Solo exhibitions highlight the rich way in which artists respond to the materials, forces, and questions of the day. Focused group exhibitions explore significant movements, themes, and ideas that continue to influence and define our culture. The historic works handled by the gallery over the past thirty years are broad-ranging and can often be defined by their rarity and significance. In 2006, Peter Freeman partnered with Galerie Nelson to establish what would eventually become Peter Freeman, Inc., Paris in 2013. The gallery, both in New York and in Paris, has always presented historically significant works in conversation with newer work by living artists. For this reason, much of our business has been with museums. Peter Freeman also publishes scholarly books, including a catalogue raisonné Robert Mangold: Early Works, with text by Robert Storr; the first US catalogue on the works of Charlotte Posenenske; several catalogues on Medardo Rosso; James Ensor: Paintings, with text by Xavier Tricot; the first monograph of Catherine Murphy, with text by John Yau and Svetlana Alpers; a facsimile edition of Mangelos’s Pythagoras with an essay by Branka Stipančić; and the artist book Tide, a collaboration with Silvia Bächli and the writer Jamaica Kincaid. The gallery is a member of the Art Dealers Association of America.
c. 1890 James Ensor nació en Ostende el 13 de abril de 1860. Pintor belga que participó en los movimientos de vanguardi...
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Although James Ensor (1860-1949) is most well known for his paintings which have influenced both expressionism and surrealism, many of these paintings contain images of masks. Heidi Leitzke, Lancaster’s Public Arts Manager, recently told me this. You can find some beautiful papier mache masks that were made by him. These two are from Google Images. It’s possible that these were modeled after items in the curiosity shop Ensor’s family ran, right beneath his studio. I would also suggest that you read “Chapter 8–Modern America” of Masks of the World by Robert Ibold. Though 74 different masks are pictured and discussed in this chapter, there is one that seems similar to Ensor’s work. What do you think? 1058 Save
Cover art for Peintre and Graveur, 1899 Demons Teasing Me, Poster for the James Ensor Exhibition at the Salon des Cent in Paris , 1898 ...
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For the past twenty-five years a comedy played by petulant masks and a skeleton wearing a black fur, has been without an audience. Painted in Ostend in 1891 where the canvas has remained in the same family, Squelette arrêtant masques (Skeleton stopping the Masks) has been revealed, and is the major highlight of the upcoming Impressionist & Modern Art sale in Paris on 7 December.
