Ensor regularly drew inspiration from drawings and prints by Jacques Callot. He derived the etching "The Pisser" from a drawing that was reproduced in 1878 in the magazine L'Art. In the background of the etching, he 'portrayed' an artist at work in a childlike style; above it is the caption Ensor est un fou. Possibly Ensor wanted to give his critics a dressing-down. The figure of the pisser also appears in a sketchbook sheet (Antwerp, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, inv. 2712/151a).
| Artist |
James Ensor
RKD
VIAF
Wikidata
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| Title | The Pisser |
| Date | 1887 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Medium and support | etching AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription top right: ENSOR EST UN FOU |
| inscription below: Le pisseur / James Ensor 1887 | |
| inscription on the reverse: Le pisseur / 12 | |
| inscription on the reverse: AT | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 1998-B-12 |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Taevernier, Auguste (coll.) 1998 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1998-B-12 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/4005/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300056485
fantastic art
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A231
standing figure
Iconclass
31A464 emotional illness, derangement, madness Iconclass 31A61 urination Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31D112 child Iconclass 41D221(TOP HAT) head-gear: top hat Iconclass 48C524 drawing, sketch Iconclass 61B2(JAMES ENSOR) historical person (JAMES ENSOR) Iconclass |
| School / Style |
realism (artistic form of expression)
AAT
phantasy satire (artistic device) AAT |
| James Ensor : Catalogue illustré de ses gravures ; Leur description critique et l'inventaire des plaques = Geïllustreerde catalogus van zijn gravures ; Hun kritische beschrijving en inventaris van de platen = Illustrated catalogue of his engravings ; Their critical description and inventary of the plates / Auguste Taevernier. - Ledeberg (Gent) : Erasmus Boekhandel bv Amsterdam, 1973 (nr. 12) |
| Modernismens ansigter / Peer E. Sorensen. - Aarhus : Aarhus Universiteitsforlag, 2019 (p. 104-105) |
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