Welcome home! Ensor works from the KBC collection

It comprises an almost complete collection of prints including etchings, drypoints and lithographs, as well as oil paintings and drawings such as an  interesting self-portrait from 1883, based on a photograph. The paintings in the  collection are very diverse and cover different periods in the artist’s career. There  is a self-portrait from 1878, a still life from 1880, a view of the Ostend market from  1882, a typical Ensorian work from 1905, called Pierrot and Skeletons, and finally,  a painting from 1912 with the poetic title Faded Perfume, Withered Flowers. For this  work Ensor found inspiration in a print by the French artist Jean-François Janinet  (1752-1814), after a painting by the Swedish painter Niclas Lafrensen (1737-1807),  entitled L’Aveu difficile (The difficult confession). The collection itself illustrates in  a striking way the varied styles and different art techniques mastered by the Ostend  artist.