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James Ensor, artist
Belgian, 1860 - 1949
Petites figures bizarres (Small Bizarre Figures), 1888
etching
13.7 x 9.8 cm (image)
Gift of John Gutmann in memory of Walter Heil 1986.1.191

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Artist Biography: James Sydney Ensor. Born to a Flemish mother and English father. Studied at Brussels Academy (1877-9). In late 1880s, he began to paint using the fantastic and macabre with which he is chiefly associated. One of the founders of "Groupe des Vignt" (Group of Twenty). Created a baron by King Albert in 1929. French Legion d*Honneur in 1933. The Surrealists considered him a forerunner.~~Reference: Croquez, Albert. L'oeuvre gravÈ de James Ensor. GenËve-Bruxelles: Editions Pierre Cailler, 1947.~Taevernier, Aug. James Ensor/Illustrated catalogue of his engravings, their critical description, and inventory of the plates. (Ghent: Self published, 1973)~

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