James Ensor etchings: inside the Belgian master’s macabre visions
James Ensor turned etching into a weapon. His skeletons stood in for his own mortality, and King Leopold II was reduced to a joke about excrement. This guide traces the Belgian master’s macabre prints from their 1886 origins as a cheap alternative to painting, through to what they fetch now: a signed etching under £2,500, or a political rarity estimated at £30,000 to £50,000.
