Skeletons in the Studio

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Skeletons in the Studio

1900

by James Ensor

Original Dimensions: 111 x 79.5 cm

This macabre scene in a corner of the artist's studio includes several elements that recur in his paintings: masks, costumes, oriental objects, and seemingly animate clothed skeletons. The jumbled collection of curios recalls his mother's souvenir shop, which was below Ensor's studio, in Ostend, Belgium.

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