James Ensor

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human painter printmaker

James Ensor was a Belgian painter known for his fantastical, mask-filled scenes and pioneering role in the development of modern art movements such as Expressionism and Surrealism.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form As subject As object
Ensor 0 1
James Sidney Edouard Ensor 0 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human →
painter →
printmaker →
awardReceived Baronial title of the Kingdom of Belgium →
burialPlace Ostend →
countryOfCitizenship Belgium →
dateOfBirth 1860-04-13 →
dateOfDeath 1949-11-19 →
educatedAt Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts (Brussels) →
ethnicGroup Flemish people →
familyName James Ensor self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Ensor
fieldOfWork painting →
printmaking →
fullName James Ensor self-linksurface differs →
surface form: James Sidney Edouard Ensor
genre fantastical art →
religious art →
satirical art →
givenName James →
influenced Expressionism →
surface form: Expressionist painters

Surrealist artists →
knownFor grotesque imagery →
influence on Surrealism →
mask-filled scenes →
pioneering Expressionism →
languageOfWorkOrName Dutch →
French →
memberOf Les XX →
movement European avant-garde →
surface form: Avant-garde

Expressionism →
Modern art →
Expressionism →
surface form: Proto-Expressionism

Symbolism →
notableWork The Entry of Christ into Brussels in 1889 →
surface form: Christ’s Entry into Brussels in 1889

Masks Confronting Death →
Self-Portrait with Masks →
The Baths at Ostend →
The Entry of Christ into Brussels in 1889 →
The Intrigue →
The Lamp Boy →
The Oyster Eater →
The Skeletons Fighting Over a Pickled Herring →
placeOfBirth Belgium →
Ostend →
placeOfDeath Ostend →
residence Brussels, Belgium →
surface form: Brussels

Ostend →
sexOrGender male →
workLocation Brussels, Belgium →
surface form: Brussels

Ostend →

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

James Ensor → familyName → James Ensor self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Ensor
James Ensor → fullName → James Ensor self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: James Sidney Edouard Ensor
Expressionism → influencedBy → James Ensor →