Between 1880 and 1917, the Ensor family lived on the corner of Vlaanderenstraat and Van Iseghemlaan in Ostend. It was here that Ensor created his most important works. From his studio, which was under the tiled roof, he made various paintings, drawings and prints of the city. In 1889, for example, he made a print of the Van Iseghemlaan, named after the family name of an Ostend mayor. This drypoint in mirror image shows the avenue in a south-westerly direction. The building on the right with the stepped gable and spire is the now-vanished convent of the Poor Sisters.
| Artist |
James Ensor
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| Title | Boulevard Van Iseghem, Ostend |
| Date | 1889 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Location | Ostend TGN |
| Medium and support | etching AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription bottom left: Ostende |
| signature and year bottom right: ENSOR / 1889 | |
| inscription on the reverse: AT | |
| inscription on the reverse: D. 66 | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 1998-B-66-2 |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Taevernier, Auguste (coll.) 1998 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1998-B-66-2 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/4085/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300015571 cityscapes (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11Q712
church (exterior)
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22C light Iconclass 22C8 shadow Iconclass 25I city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass 25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass 25I141 street Iconclass 41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass 41A14 urban housing Iconclass 41A36 roof (of house or building) Iconclass 41B33 lantern Iconclass 61E(OSTEND) names of cities and villages (OSTEND) Iconclass 61F(AVENUE VAN ISEGHEM) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (AVENUE VAN ISEGHEM) Iconclass |
| School / Style | realism (artistic form of expression) AAT |
| Henri Leys, Henri de Braekeleer, James Ensor / Loys Delteil. - Paris : Chez l'Auteur, 1925 (nr. 66) |
| 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. 66) |
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