Ensor borrowed many motifs from his immediate surroundings. Several objects can be found in the rooms of his parents' house on the corner of Vlaanderenstraat and Van Iseghemlaan in Ostend, where the artist had his studio in the attic from 1880 to 1917. The combination of various interior fragments and fantastic elements on one sheet has an alienating effect and fits in with Ensor's interest in the theme of dream and reality. This drawing was once part of the collection of Ernest Rousseau, Ensor's Brussels bosom friend.
| Artist |
James Ensor
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VIAF
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| Title | Hippogriff, Evil Spirits, Interior Elements |
| Date |
ca. 1880 - ca. 1883
ca. 1886 - ca. 1888 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) centre below: Ensor |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | pencil drawings AAT |
| Inventory number | 1994-A |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
vzw Museumpromotie 1994 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1994-A |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/3948/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300056485
fantastic art
AAT
300124520 interior views AAT 300055865 symbolism (artistic concept) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11K
devil(s) and demons
Iconclass
13D2 transformation, metamorphosis of person Iconclass 23U24 clock Iconclass 24A sun as celestial body Iconclass 25F animals Iconclass 25F2 mammals Iconclass 25FF231 griffin (lion/eagle); 'Griffo' (Ripa) Iconclass 25H23 sea (seascape) Iconclass 25I141 street Iconclass 41A2 interior of the house Iconclass 41A4 decorations (interior of the house) Iconclass 41A773 container of ceramics: jar, jug, pot, vase Iconclass 41B2141 chimney-piece, mantelpiece Iconclass 41D283 mask Iconclass 43C11 hunting, chase Iconclass 43C71511 shadow pictures (~ hand games) Iconclass 46C131 riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman Iconclass 46C13141 horse Iconclass 46C23 boat propelled by man or animal Iconclass 46C2711 seaman Iconclass 48C524 drawing, sketch Iconclass 52A44 Fantasy, Caprice; 'Capriccio' (Ripa) Iconclass |
| School / Style |
Symbolism (artistic concept)
AAT
phantasy |
| James Ensor : Tekeningen en prenten / Robert Hoozee, Sabine Bown-Taevernier, Jan Frederik Heijbroek. - Antwerpen : Mercatorfonds, 1987 (p. 104, nr. 62) |
| Fin de Siècle : deel 1. Belgische tekeningen, pastels en prenten van 1885 tot 1905 ; deel 2. Combaz, Jo, Livemont : De verzameling L. Wittamer-De Camps (tentoonstelling Brussel, ASLK-Galerij, 15 maart - 2 juni 1991) / Marc Lambrechts, Anne Adriaens-Pannier, Pierre Baudson. - Brussel : ASLK, 1991 (p. 126-127, cat. 73 (ill.)) |
| James Ensor ou la fantasmagorie / Michel Draguet. - Paris : Éditions Gallimard, 1999 (nr. 151) |
| 200 jaar verzamelen : Collectieboek Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent / Arnout Balis, Robert Hoozee, Maximiliaan P.J. Martens, Paul Van Haute. - Gent : Ludion, 2000 (p. 268 (ill. 124)) |
| James (art) Ensor (exposition New York, Museum of Modern Art, 28 juin - 21 septembre 2009 ; Paris, Musée d'Orsay, 20 octobre 2009 - 4 février 2010) / Laurence Madeline, Anna Swinbourne, Susan Maria Canning, Michel Draguet, Robert Hoozee, Xavier Tricot. - New York City : MoMA, 2009 ; Paris : Éditions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 2009 |
| James Ensor, Occasional Modernist : Ensor's artistic and social ideas and the interpretation of his art / Herwig Todts. - Turnhout : Brepols, 2018 (p. 366 (ill. 151)) |
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