Ensor, James Sydney b. 1860 d. 1949 James Ensor is one of the most surprising artists of the 19th century. (Although he in fact lived until after World War 2, his finest work dates from the period 1880-1905). Born in the Belgian seaside town of Ostend, to an English father (an unsuccessful engineer) and a Belgian mother (from a family of proprietors of souvenir shops), James displayed early talent and by the age of twenty was producing good quality, but rather heavy and somber, genre pieces. Then around 1880 a transformation...[Read More] The Mariakerke, Ostend, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium
b. 1860 d. 1949