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Steam-Boats, 1889

  • etching, paper
  • 73 x 112 mm
  • Inv. 1998-B-64

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In 1887 and 1888, James Ensor etched some harbour views in Nieuwpoort, but especially near the harbour channel in Ostend. Like the etched landscapes, they are studies of light, in this case on boats and sloops. The Ostend harbour inspired Ensor to paint two of his most accomplished graphic compositions (respectively inv. 1998-B-45 and 49).

Artist

James Ensor RKD VIAF Wikidata
Ostend 1860 - Ostend 1949
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Title Steam-Boats
Date 1889
Period 19th century
Medium and support etching AAT
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings signatures (names) bottom right: ENSOR
signature and year bottom right: James Ensor 1889
inscription on the reverse: AT
inscription on the reverse: Bateaux à vapeur
Collection print room
Object type etching AAT
Inventory number 1998-B-64
Acquisition credit purchase
Taevernier, Auguste (coll.)
1998
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1998-B-64
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8974/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300015571 cityscapes (representations) AAT
300015636 landscapes AAT
Keywords Iconclass 11Q712 church (exterior) Iconclass
21D water (one of the four elements) Iconclass
24F firmament, sky Iconclass
25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass
25H23 sea (seascape) Iconclass
25H2322 sea Iconclass
25I city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass
25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass
26A clouds Iconclass
41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass
41A14 urban housing Iconclass
41B162 smoke Iconclass
46C21 ships (in general) Iconclass
46C223 harbour Iconclass
46C2231 pier, quay, wharf Iconclass
46C23 boat propelled by man or animal Iconclass
46C24 sailing-ship, sailing-boat Iconclass
46C25 steamship, motorship Iconclass
61E(OSTEND) names of cities and villages (OSTEND) Iconclass
School / Style realism (artistic form of expression) AAT
Henri Leys, Henri de Braekeleer, James Ensor / Loys Delteil. - Paris : Chez l'Auteur, 1925 (nr. 64)
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. 64)
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