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Fan account of James Ensor, a Belgian painter and printmaker, an important influence on expressionism and surrealism. 1860-1949 Automated thanks to @andreitr.bsky.social and @botfrens.bsky.social

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Winter landscape with ice skaters and other figures

Winter landscape with ice skaters and other figures

Les Patineurs https://collections.artsmia.org/art/8905/

17.02.2026 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Christ Rising Up to Heaven

Christ Rising Up to Heaven

Christ Rising Up to Heaven https://www.wikiart.org/en/james-ensor/christ-rising-up-to-heaven-1885

17.02.2026 13:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Landscape

Landscape

Landscape https://www.wikiart.org/en/james-ensor/landscape-1883

16.02.2026 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Riva Castleman Endowment Fund and The Print Associates Fund

Riva Castleman Endowment Fund and The Print Associates Fund

Anger (La Colère) from The Deadly Sins (Les Péchés capitaux) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/153513

16.02.2026 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Composition is very similar to L'Intrigue by Ensor in collection of Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, which measures 35 1/2' x 59' and is dated 1890.
James Ensor, along with Vincent van Gogh and Edvard Munch, is considered a pioneer of Expressionism. But as a creator of fantastic and bizarre images such as The Intrigue, Ensor reveals his kinship to old masters of the bizarre such as Hieronymus Bosch and Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Here, the artist depicted his sister, Mariette in blue hair and green cape, with her top-hatted fiancΓ©, Tan HΓ©e Tseu, a Chinese art dealer from Berlin. The couple's engagement had caused a scandal in the home town of the Ensor family, and the artist, in retaliation, depicts the town gossips who, disguised in their masks, have come out to point, stare, and laugh at the couple.

Composition is very similar to L'Intrigue by Ensor in collection of Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, which measures 35 1/2' x 59' and is dated 1890. James Ensor, along with Vincent van Gogh and Edvard Munch, is considered a pioneer of Expressionism. But as a creator of fantastic and bizarre images such as The Intrigue, Ensor reveals his kinship to old masters of the bizarre such as Hieronymus Bosch and Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Here, the artist depicted his sister, Mariette in blue hair and green cape, with her top-hatted fiancΓ©, Tan HΓ©e Tseu, a Chinese art dealer from Berlin. The couple's engagement had caused a scandal in the home town of the Ensor family, and the artist, in retaliation, depicts the town gossips who, disguised in their masks, have come out to point, stare, and laugh at the couple.

The Intrigue https://collections.artsmia.org/art/1800/

16.02.2026 10:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
At the Conservatory

At the Conservatory

At the Conservatory https://www.wikiart.org/en/james-ensor/at-the-conservatory-1902

15.02.2026 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
L'Hotel de Ville d'Audenarde

L'Hotel de Ville d'Audenarde

L'Hotel de Ville d'Audenarde https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/61792

15.02.2026 11:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Fight

The Fight

The Fight https://www.wikiart.org/en/james-ensor/the-fight-1925

14.02.2026 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Carnival in Flanders

Carnival in Flanders

Carnival in Flanders https://www.wikiart.org/en/james-ensor/carnival-in-flanders-1931

14.02.2026 11:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Given anonymously

Given anonymously

Roman Victory http://www.moma.org/collection/works/70245

13.02.2026 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Gift of Victor S. Riesenfeld

Gift of Victor S. Riesenfeld

Hop-Frog's Revenge (La Vengeance de Hop-Frog) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/66907

13.02.2026 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Masks

Masks

Masks https://www.wikiart.org/en/james-ensor/masks-1938

13.02.2026 11:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Russian Music

Russian Music

Russian Music https://www.wikiart.org/en/james-ensor/russian-music-1881

12.02.2026 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Purchase

Purchase

Tribulations of Saint Anthony http://www.moma.org/collection/works/80683

12.02.2026 12:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bareiss

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bareiss

The Old Rascals http://www.moma.org/collection/works/71857

12.02.2026 11:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Riva Castleman Endowment Fund and The Print Associates Fund

Riva Castleman Endowment Fund and The Print Associates Fund

Avarice (L'Avarice) from The Deadly Sins (Les PΓ©chΓ©s capitaux) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/153514

11.02.2026 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Cranes Fleuris

Cranes Fleuris

Cranes Fleuris https://www.wikiart.org/en/james-ensor/cranes-fleuris

11.02.2026 10:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (by exchange)

Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (by exchange)

Stars in the Cemetery http://www.moma.org/collection/works/61983

10.02.2026 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Adam and Eve Expelled from Paradise

Adam and Eve Expelled from Paradise

Adam and Eve Expelled from Paradise https://www.wikiart.org/en/james-ensor/adam-and-eve-expelled-from-paradise-1887

10.02.2026 12:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Given anonymously

Given anonymously

House on the Boulevard Anspach http://www.moma.org/collection/works/70204

10.02.2026 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Christ's Entry Into Brussels in 1889

Christ's Entry Into Brussels in 1889

Christ's Entry Into Brussels in 1889 https://www.wikiart.org/en/james-ensor/christ-s-entry-into-brussels-in-1889-1888

09.02.2026 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Purchase

Purchase

Self Portrait with Demons http://www.moma.org/collection/works/62145

09.02.2026 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Me and My Circle

Me and My Circle

Me and My Circle https://www.wikiart.org/en/james-ensor/me-and-my-circle-193

09.02.2026 11:36 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Salon des Cent

Salon des Cent

Salon des Cent https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/48607

08.02.2026 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Gift of Samuel A. Berger

Gift of Samuel A. Berger

Christ Descending to Hell http://www.moma.org/collection/works/67130

08.02.2026 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Purchase

Purchase

Capture of a Strange Town (Prise d'une ville Γ©trange) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/62053

08.02.2026 11:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Mascaras singulares

Mascaras singulares

Mascaras singulares https://www.wikiart.org/en/james-ensor/mascaras-singulares

07.02.2026 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Old Lady with Blue Shawl (The Artist's Grandmother)

Old Lady with Blue Shawl (The Artist's Grandmother)

Old Lady with Blue Shawl (The Artist's Grandmother) https://www.wikiart.org/en/james-ensor/old-lady-with-blue-shawl-the-artist-s-grandmother-1881

07.02.2026 13:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Still life. Vase of flowers.

Still life. Vase of flowers.

Meadow Flowers https://collections.artsmia.org/art/1321/

07.02.2026 08:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Ensor at the Harmonium

Ensor at the Harmonium

Ensor at the Harmonium https://www.wikiart.org/en/james-ensor/ensor-at-the-harmonium-1933

06.02.2026 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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