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Portrait of the Artist's Sister, Marie by James Ensor

Portrait of the Artist's Sister, Marie

James Ensor · 1881

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DETAILS
Artist
James Ensor
Date
1881
Medium
Charcoal on ivory wove paper, laid down on cream rag board, on stretcher
Location
Art Institute of Chicago
Dimensions
75.5 × 59.5 cm (29 3/4 × 23 7/16 in.)
Collection
Prints and Drawings
Culture
Belgium
Credit line
Margaret Day Blake Collection
ART MOVEMENTS
Aestheticism
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THE ARTIST

James Ensor

1860–1949 · Belgium

Belgian rebel who painted grotesque carnival masks from his parents' souvenir shop into iconic Expressionist art.

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