May's Mystery Masterpiece

Hint:   This artist was born in Ostend, Belgium, on April 13 1860 and — except for three years spent at the Brussels Academy, from 1877 to 1879 — he lived in Ostend all his life. In the 1880's, this artist style changed to a mixture of symbolism and expressionism. He took his subject matter principally from Ostend's holiday crowds. Portraying individuals as clowns or skeletons or replacing their faces with carnival masks.

Link to explore:

www.expressionism-in-art.org/artist-page-James+Ensor.html