Zieke luizenbos bij de kachel 1895

"Zieke luizenbos bij de kachel" (Sick Louse Bush by the Stove) is a 1895 etching by Belgian artist James Ensor (1860–1949). This artwork depicts a man sitting in a chair near a stove, with a pot of water on the floor beside him. The style and subject matter are characteristic of Ensor's artistic expression, a combination of social satire, symbolic imagery, and a blend of Expressionism and Symbolism. The cross-hatching used to create the lines in the etching gives the work a dark and moody tone, echoing the artist's often grotesque and unsettling depictions of life in the late 19th century.