Ensor, JamesBelgian, 1860–1949Boulevard van Iseghem te Oostende
May one see it?
Unknown
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- RP-P-1910-3057
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
Meanwhile, in the life of Ensor, James
The whole life1860–1949 · Workplace
Ostend
1880s
Brief trips to France and the Netherlands
Ensor travelled very little: in the 1880s, just three brief trips to France and two to the Netherlands.
1883–1893 · Membership
Les XX
1887
Death of his father
His father, James Frederic Ensor, died — a scion of a wealthy English family who never found his footing in Belgium, mocked by small-town Ostend as a drunkard and failure, yet always supportive of his son's passion for art. Left the only man in the family, James felt a special responsibility for his younger sister Mariette (Mitche).
1888–1892
Turning-point years: the Passion of Christ
Ensor turned to religious themes, most often the torments of Christ, expressing through them his disgust at the inhumanity of the world; an atheist, he identified with Christ as a victim of mockery. At the height of his creative powers, between 1886 and 1891, he made 86 of his 133 etchings.
