James Ensor and the Graphic Experiment

Willemijn Stammis is curator of modern and contemporary prints and drawings at Museum Plantin-Moretus. Ad Stijnman is a professional printmaker and an independent scholar of historical printmaking processes, specialising in manual intaglio printmaking techniques. Herwig Todts is an art historian and senior curator of modern art at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp.

• 7 Director’s NoteIris Kockelbergh, Director Museum Plantin-Moretus9 ForewordWillemijn Stammis, Curator of Modern Collections Museum Plantin-Moretus11 States of ImaginationWillemijn Stammis25 The Print as Unique Object. On the Creation of Ensor’s Special ImpressionsIzanna Mulder47 Jaune Soufre & Acide Bleu. On Ensor’s Etching TechniquesAd Stijnman77 “Sublime by Mystery”. On Ensor’s Quest for LightIzanna Mulder101 Phantasmagoria & Psychograms. On the Reception of Ensor’s EtchingsHerwig Todts124 Glossary125 Index126 Bibliography