Boulevard d'Iseghem, Ostende
James Ensor
1889
Medium
etching and drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 14 x 9.9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 7/8 in.) sheet: 19.5 x 14.2 cm (7 11/16 x 5 9/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
2007.22.1
About the Artist
James Ensor
James Ensor (1860–1949) was a Belgian painter and printmaker whose visionary, often grotesque imagery anticipated Expressionism, Surrealism, and much of the avant-garde art of the twentieth century. Born in Ostend to an English father and Flemish mother who ran a curio shop selling seashells, masks, and carnival souvenirs — objects that would pervade his art — Ensor studied at the Brussels Academy...