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James Ensor

Belgian painter (1860-1949) · Belgium · Artists · Died at 89

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A Belgian painter who turned carnival masks and skeletons into high art, influencing both expressionism and surrealism while rarely leaving his coastal hometown of Ostend.

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Awards

Commander of the Order of Leopold

About this person

James Sidney Edouard, Baron Ensor was born on 13 April 1860 and spent most of his life in Ostend, Belgium. He worked as a painter and printmaker, becoming associated with Les XX, an avant-garde artistic group. His work proved formative for two major movements that followed: expressionism and surrealism. He lived to 88, dying on 19 November 1949, having spent nearly nine decades in the same seaside town where his strange, masked visions first took shape.

Country
Belgium
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1860 to 1949 · aged 89

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