James Ensor age, height, net worth, birthday, biography, facts! In this article, we will discover how old is James Ensor? Who is James Ensor dating now & how much money does James Ensor have?
James Ensor Biography
James Ensor is one of the famous Painter, who was born on the memorable day of April 13 in the year 1860. Hailing from the vibrant city of Flemish Region, James Ensor is a proud citizen of Belgium.
Expressionist painter who influenced Paul Klee, Emil Nolde, and other artists. He was strongly affiliated with artistic group Les XX.
Over the years, not only have skills been honed, but a significant impact has also been made in the professional field. Whether it's through work, public appearances, or contributions to the community, James Ensor continues to be an inspiration for many.
James Ensor Wiki
Popular As
James Ensor
First Name
James
Last Name
Ensor
Death Date
1949-11-19
Death Day
November 19
Death Year
1949
Place of Death
Ostend, Belgium
Place of Burial
Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-ter-Duinenkerk
Family
His father, James Frederic Ensor, was a civil engineer.
Height & Weight
James Ensor height Not available right now. James weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.
Height
Unknown
Weight
Not Known
Body Measurements
Under Review
Eye Color
Not Available
Hair Color
Not Available
Feet/Shoe Size
Not Available
One of his paintings appeared in the film “Halloween,” which starred Jamie Lee Curtis.
Career
He began his artistic training at age fifteen and enrolled at Brussels’ Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in 1877.
Trivia
His painting, “Les Aureoles du Christ,” was put on display at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles.
Net Worth & Salary
James Ensor net worth is $5 Million (2022).
James Ensor Timeline
1877
From 1877 to 1880, he attended the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, where one of his fellow students was Fernand Khnopff.
1880
From 1880 until 1917, he had his studio in the attic of his parents' house.
1881
Ensor first exhibited his work in 1881.
1883
Such paintings as The Scandalized Masks (1883) and Skeletons Fighting over a Hanged Man (1891) feature figures in grotesque masks inspired by the ones sold in his mother's gift shop for Ostend's annual Carnival.
1885
Also known as Entry of Christ into Brussels, it is considered "a forerunner of twentieth-century Expressionism." In this composition, which elaborates a theme treated by Ensor in his drawing Les Aureoles du Christ of 1885, a vast carnival mob in grotesque masks advances toward the viewer.
1886
He created 133 etchings and drypoints over the course of his career, with 86 of them made between 1886 and 1891 during the height of Ensor's most creative period.
1887
For example, the 1887 etching "Le Pisseur" depicts the artist urinating on a graffitied wall declaring (in the voice of an art critic) "Ensor est un fou" or "Ensor is a Madman.".
1888
The four years between 1888 and 1892 mark a turning point in Ensor's work.
1889
During the late 19th century, much of Ensor's work was rejected as scandalous, particularly his painting Christ's Entry Into Brussels in 1889 (1888–89).
1895
In 1895 his painting The Lamp Boy (1880) was acquired by the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels, and he had his first solo exhibition in Brussels.
1898
The yearly philanthropic "Bal du Rat mort" (Dead Rat Ball) in Ostend continues a tradition begun by Ensor and his friends in 1898.
.
1905
Another stated "He would still paint pictures magnificently vigorous and bold, but they would be exceptions rather than the rule" noting works such as Our Two Portraits (1905), The Deliverance of Andromeda (1925), Port of Ostend (1933), and Ensor at the Harmonium (1933).
1907
Ensor turned more and more to music in his later years, playing the harmonium and even composing a ballet-pantomime in one act, The Scale of Love (1907), complete with an original libretto, sets, and costumes.
1915
One author identified significant works of Ensor's late period such as The Artist's Mother in Death (1915), a subdued painting of his mother's deathbed with a still life of prominent medicine bottles in the foreground, and The Vile Vivisectors (1925), a vehement attack on those responsible for the use of animals in medical experimentation.
1920
By 1920 he was the subject of major exhibitions; in 1929 he was named a Baron by King Albert, and was the subject of the Belgian composer Flor Alpaerts's James Ensor Suite; and in 1933 he was awarded the band of the Légion d'honneur.
1927
The Belgian artist Pierre Alechinsky (b. 1927) and noted member of COBRA, painted The Tomb of Ensor (1961) in homage to Ensor, which is now in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
1929
The piece, which measures 99+1⁄2 by 169+1⁄2 inches, was rejected by Les XX and was not publicly displayed until 1929.
1934
Ensor himself recognized that the prints were a key part of his artistic legacy, stating in a letter to Albert Croquez in 1934: "Yes, my intention is to go on working for a long time yet so that generations to come may hear me.
1949
He died there following a short illness, on 19 November 1949 at the age of 89.
.
1960
After its controversial export in the 1960s, the painting is now at the J.
1978
In the movie Halloween (1978), a poster of one of Ensor's self-portraits appears on the wall of a room in Laurie Strode's (Jamie Lee Curtis) home.
.
1994
He is the subject of a song, "Meet James Ensor", recorded in 1994 by the alternative rock duo They Might Be Giants.
1996
The 1996 Belgian movie, Camping Cosmos, was inspired by drawings of James Ensor, in particular Carnaval sur la plage (1887), La mort poursuivant le troupeau des humains (1896), and Le bal fantastique (1889).
2009
An exhibition of approximately 120 works by James Ensor was shown at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in 2009, and then at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, October 2009 – February 2010.
2014
The Getty mounted a similar exhibition June–September 2014.
2016
From October 2016 through January 2017, the Royal Academy of Arts in London hosted a major exhibition of Ensor's paintings and etchings, curated by the Belgian artist Luc Tuymans.
2017
The black artist Kara Walker painted a controversial work, "Christ's Entry into Journalism", inspired by Ensor in 2017.
