New Special Issue Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide on James Ensor
Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide has published a Special Summer 2026 Issue on the Belgian artist James Ensor (1860-1949), titled Reconsidering James Ensor’s Work in National and Transnational Contexts. The issue is edited by Herwig Todts and Cathérine Verleysen.
Originally sprung from the Symposium Celebrating Ensor’s Modernity: New Perspectives, organized in 2024 by the Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen (KMSKA), the University of Antwerp & ARIA, the NCAW Special Issue now higlights various aspects of Ensor’s work:
Foreword by Luk Lemmens and Carmen Willems
Introduction by Herwig Todts
‘James Ensor’s Vision and the Social Narrative of Light' by Susan M. Canning
‘Positioning the Artist: James Ensor’s Use of Humor in His Self-Portraits’ by Lotte Kremer
‘The Delirious Aesthetics of James Ensor’ by H. R. Blakeley
‘James Ensor’s La petite Chinoise: A Case Study of Modernist Chinoiserie’ by Petra ten-Doesschate Chu
‘The Feasts of War: Ensor’s Comical Repast (Feast of the Lean)’ by Alison Hokanson
‘Connecting James Ensor and Edvard Munch: Vittorio Pica as a Champion of Two Eccentric Artists’ by Patricia G. Berman
‘James Ensor’s Friendship with Erich Heckel During World War I’ by Lieven Van Den Abeele
‘Ensor’s Agents and Collectors After 1920 and the Liquidation of His Estate upon His Death’ by Sabine Taevernier
The open access articles can be found on the Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide website.
