Belgian painter James Ensor created a body ofwork that is comical，ironic and profound，which can be interpreted in many ways．To a large degree，his work is selfrefeF ential，both foreshadowing and reflecting back upon itself，and containing many simultaneous strands of development and parallel phenomena．

MAX HOLLEIN

Foreword

INGRlD PFEIFFER

James Ensor Seen as a Whole- An Attempt at a Resume

XAVIER TRICOT

A Portrait of the Artist as a Skeleton

RUDOLF SCHMITZ

“You Words without Rhyme and Reason，I Love You，I Love You”

The Deregulated Language of James Ensor

JOACHIM HEUSINGER VON WALDEGG

Ensor and No End—Ensor'S Painting

from a Postmodernist Perspective

INGRID PFElFFER UND KATHARINA DOHM

Biography

List of Works

Bibliography(Selection)