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Painting of a skull, masks, pitcher and candlesticks on a yellow-draped table with a figure in a red hat.

Pierrot and Skeleton in a Yellow Robe

James Ensor, 1893

Painting of two nude children in a warm, curtained interior with a mirror, chest of drawers and patterned carpet.

Children at their Morning Toilet

James Ensor, 1886

Still life painting of fish, shells, a straw-filled basket and a green bowl on a wooden table, with warm brown tones.

Fish and Shells

James Ensor, 1895

Painting of a seated woman in a pink floral dress holding a doll, in a room with a blue wall, a parrot, and a carved chest.

Portrait d’Alexandra Daveluy

James Ensor, 1927

Painting of masked carnival figures gathered around a red-draped body on a table, with blood dripping into a basin below.

The Assassination

James Ensor, 1890

Painting of a moored sailing boat beside a grassy canal under a grey sky, with distant masts and buildings.

Canal with Barges

James Ensor, 1881

Painting of skeletons in colorful costumes, including a top hat and red ruff, against a pale cloudy sky.

Skeletons in Fancy Dress

James Ensor, 1898

Painting of a skeleton in white ruff surrounded by grinning carnival masks, a violin, and small figures in a bright blue sky.

James Ensor, La mort et les masques, 1897 (MBA Liège)

James Ensor, 1897

Colored crayon caricature of three figures, one holding a paintbrush and palette labeled Ensor Leman, dated 1890.

Ensor and Leman discussing painting

James Ensor, 1890

Two elderly women in black cloaks sit in a room with skulls, a red cabinet, fish, a crab and a white cat on the floor.

The Melancholy Fishwives

James Ensor, 1892

Painting of two cooks in white uniforms with severed heads on a platter and in a pan, beside diners at a table.

The Dangerous Cooks

James Ensor, 1896

Painting of masked carnival figures in ruffled costumes and pointed hats gathered on a green ground under a blue sky.

Baptême des masques

James Ensor, 1891

Pale oil seascape of cloudy sky over blue sea and sandy shore, painted in loose, textured brushstrokes.

Seaside

James Ensor, 1923

Hazy painted canal with moored sailboats on the right, a tall ship in the distance, and green banks under a pale sky.

The Canal

James Ensor, 1921

Painting of a still life with masks, a blue vase, a small statue, a teapot and playing cards under floating painted faces.

Still-life with Masks

James Ensor, 1896

Loose oil painting of a seated painter at an easel on dunes, with a woman in a dark coat and hat in the foreground.

In the Dunes (the Painter and his Model)

James Ensor, 1883

Painted self-portrait of a bearded man in a dark jacket wearing a straw hat decorated with flowers and a pink feather.

Self-portrait with flower hat

James Ensor, 1883

Loose oil sketch of robed figures in a crowd, a white horse, and a red-clad figure beneath a blue sky, by James Ensor.

Return from Calvary

James Ensor, 1877

Small painting of a fisher couple on a sandy shore under a pale sky, with a sailboat at right.

Fisher couple

James Ensor, 1873

Small oil sketch of two pigs resting against a dark brown ground, with faint pencil lines on the paper.

Pigs

James Ensor, 1875

Painting of a figure lying in bed beside a tray of glass bottles and a small statue on a pedestal, in warm orange tones.

The Artist's Mother in Death

James Ensor, 1915

Pastel still life of red cabbage, teapot, leeks and carrots on blue cloth, with a mask and figurine in the background.

Still life with a cabbage

James Ensor, 1921

Still life of a plucked chicken and blue bottle on a green-patterned table, with a red cloth behind, in loose brushwork.

Stillleben mit blauer Flasche und gerupftem Huhn

James Ensor, 1910

Night view of a pale tower with a pointed roof and lit window above dark trees on a hillside.

Der Blasturm in Schwandorf

Carl Spitzweg, 1870

Painter with palette studies a seated sitter in a cluttered wood-panelled studio, with an assistant and easel nearby.

Der Porträtmaler

Carl Spitzweg, 1852

Two white-robed monks argue in a shaded rocky grotto beside a cross, one holding a paper, surrounded by dense foliage.

Disputierende Mönche

Carl Spitzweg, 1858

Painting of a man with a hammer standing in a dark rocky cave, looking toward a bright opening with trees and sky.

Der Mineraloge in der Grotte

Carl Spitzweg, 1880

Elderly man reading at a desk by a green lamp in a dim room, with a bird perched on a sunlit window sill.

A Visit

Carl Spitzweg, 1850

Colored drawing of a crowded seaside with bathers in the surf, numbered bathing huts, a radiant sun, and caricatured onlooker

The Baths at Ostend

James Ensor, 1890

Painting of a man playing violin on a grassy ledge among rocky cliffs, beside a wooden shrine and a stream.

A recluse playing violin

Carl Spitzweg, 1862

Night street scene of musicians serenading a woman on a lit balcony beside a stone building and church tower.

Spanish Serenade

Carl Spitzweg, 1856

Painting of turbaned men seated and talking in a shaded coffee house, with a sunlit street visible through an archway.

Türken in einem Kaffeehaus

Carl Spitzweg, 1855