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Léon Spilliaert
Léon Spilliaert

Léon Spilliaert

Belgian, 1881-1946
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Léon Spilliaert was a Belgian symbolist painter and graphic artist.

Spilliaert was born in Ostend, the oldest of seven children of Léonard-Hubert Spilliaert, a perfumer, and his wife Léonie (née Jonckheere). From childhood, he displayed an interest in art and drawing. A prolific doodler and autodidact, he was predominantly a self-taught artist. Sickly and reclusive, he spent most of his youth sketching scenes of ordinary life and the Belgian countryside.

When he was 21, Spilliaert went to work in Brussels for Edmond Deman, a publisher of the works of symbolist writers, which Spilliaert was to illustrate. He especially admired the work of Edgar Allan Poe.

Watercolor, gouache, pastel, and charcoal—often in combination—were the means by which he produced many of his best works, among which are a number of monochrome self-portraits executed in the early years of the twentieth century. Spilliaert's expressive use of black finds parallels in the work of Odilon Redon, who was a significant influence. Frequently depicting a lone figure in a dreamlike space, Spilliaert's paintings convey a sense of melancholy and silence.

His later work shows a concentration on seascapes. He died on 23 November 1946 in Brussels.

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Les voeux de Nouvel An

Les voeux de Nouvel An (1918)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
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Portret van Burgemeester Liebaert

Portret van Burgemeester Liebaert (1912)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
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Portret van Emile Verhaeren

Portret van Emile Verhaeren (1908)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
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Portret van Emile Verhaeren

Portret van Emile Verhaeren (1917)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
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Rots aan het water

Rots aan het water (1919)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
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Sites Brabançons 1

Sites Brabançons 1 (1919)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
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Vissersvrouwen op de kaai

Vissersvrouwen op de kaai (1910)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
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Vrouw met kind lezend aan tafel

Vrouw met kind lezend aan tafel (1917)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
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Vrouwenprofiel

Vrouwenprofiel (1917)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
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Winterlandschap

Winterlandschap (from 1917 until 1918)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
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Zwanen

Zwanen (1904)

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Arbre et Ciel

Arbre et Ciel (1938)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Landscape
Au temps que Nanette était perdue pl. 2

Au temps que Nanette était perdue pl. 2 (1931)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
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Au temps que Nanette était perdue pl. 3

Au temps que Nanette était perdue pl. 3 (1931)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
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Au temps que Nanette était perdue pl. 4

Au temps que Nanette était perdue pl. 4 (1931)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
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Big Tree

Big Tree (1945)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Landscape
Boerderij langsheen de Gistelse Steenweg

Boerderij langsheen de Gistelse Steenweg (1930)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Landscape
Boerderij nabij de Nukkerwijk, Sas-Slijkens

Boerderij nabij de Nukkerwijk, Sas-Slijkens (1930)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Landscape
Bomen

Bomen (1940)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
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Boomtakken

Boomtakken (1940)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
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Bosgezicht

Bosgezicht

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
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Brug

Brug (1930)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
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De brandgang

De brandgang (1944)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
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De Keignaertkreek in Zandvoorde

De Keignaertkreek in Zandvoorde (1933)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
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De vuurtoren van Oostende bij zonsopgang

De vuurtoren van Oostende bij zonsopgang (1909)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Landscape
De Wellingtonrenbaan en het Royal Palace Hotel te Oostende kort na de Tweede Wereldoorlog

De Wellingtonrenbaan en het Royal Palace Hotel te Oostende kort na de Tweede Wereldoorlog (1945)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Landscape
De zeedijk te Oostende van op het staketsel gezien

De zeedijk te Oostende van op het staketsel gezien (1910)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
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Dokken te Oostende

Dokken te Oostende (1920)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
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Duinen

Duinen (1928)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
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Duinen

Duinen (1928)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Landscape
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