The fame of the eccentric Ensor rests on a series of pictures featuring the masks and skeletons from his mother’s party supplies shop. He also painted Christ on an ass, entering Brussels not Jerusalem, engulfed by Ensor’s contemporaries, who all look mad. Part of that painting is on the right in this view of the artist’s home. He is seated in the room at the back.
Specifications
| Title | The Artist's Studio |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Oil on canvas |
| Object type |
Painting
> Painting
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
|
| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Width 66 cm Height 84 cm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Painter:
James Ensor
|
| Accession number | 1203 (MK) |
| Credits | Acquired with the collection of D.G. Van Beuningen, 1958 |
| Department | Modern Art |
| Acquisition date | 1958 |
| Creation date | in 1930 |
| Collector | Collector / D.G. van Beuningen |
| Internal exhibitions |
The Collection Enriched (2011) De collectie als tijdmachine (2017) |
| External exhibitions |
James Ensor (2009) Ensor in context (2010) Behind the Curtain. Concealment and Revelation since the Renaissance (2016) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | Belgium > Western Europe > Europe |
