Ensor, JamesBelgian, 1860–1949May one see it?
Vienna, Austria
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
1860–1949 · Workplace
Ostend
1895
First solo exhibition in Brussels
Acceptance came gradually: the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium acquired his painting “The Lamp Boy” (1880), and Ensor had his first solo exhibition in Brussels.
1898
The Dead Rat Ball
Ensor and his friends began the tradition of the Ostend 'Bal du Rat mort' (Dead Rat Ball), which is still held every year for charity.