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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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Mères et enfants sur le quai du port d’Ostende

Mères et enfants sur le quai du port d’Ostende (1910)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Figurative
Digue et plage

Digue et plage (1907)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Abstract
Carnaval

Carnaval (1918)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Drawings
De dame met sluier

De dame met sluier (1903)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Drawings
Gezicht op het Karreveld (Sint-Jans-Molenbeek)

Gezicht op het Karreveld (Sint-Jans-Molenbeek) (1918)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Drawings
Jeu de neige devant le moulin

Jeu de neige devant le moulin (1918)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Drawings
Karaf op nachttafel

Karaf op nachttafel (1909)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Drawings
La Femme au Prisme

La Femme au Prisme (1920)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Drawings
La Femme au Prisme

La Femme au Prisme (1920)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Drawings
La Femme au Prisme

La Femme au Prisme (1920)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Drawings
La Femme au Prisme

La Femme au Prisme (1920)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Drawings
La Femme au Prisme

La Femme au Prisme (1920)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Drawings
La Femme au Prisme

La Femme au Prisme (1920)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Drawings
La veille de Saint-Nicolas. Les sabots devant l’âtre

La veille de Saint-Nicolas. Les sabots devant l’âtre (1918)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Drawings
La veille de Saint-Nicolas. Les sabots devant l’âtre

La veille de Saint-Nicolas. Les sabots devant l’âtre (1918)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Drawings
La visite de Saint-Nicolas

La visite de Saint-Nicolas (1918)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Drawings
La visite de Saint-Nicolas

La visite de Saint-Nicolas (1918)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Drawings
Landschap voor ‘Au temps que Nanette était perdue’

Landschap voor ‘Au temps que Nanette était perdue’ (1931)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Drawings
Les enfants pauvres devant l’âtre

Les enfants pauvres devant l’âtre (1918)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Drawings
Les enfants pauvres devant l’âtre

Les enfants pauvres devant l’âtre (1918)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Drawings
Les plaisirs de la glissade au traîneau

Les plaisirs de la glissade au traîneau (1918)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Drawings
Les plaisirs de la glissade au traîneau

Les plaisirs de la glissade au traîneau (1918)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Drawings
Les plaisirs de la glissade au traîneau

Les plaisirs de la glissade au traîneau (1918)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Drawings
Melancholie

Melancholie (1928)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Drawings
Onder de brug

Onder de brug (1919)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Drawings
Schetsen van rozen

Schetsen van rozen

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Drawings
Vrouw met baret

Vrouw met baret (1927)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Drawings
Zelfportret, dubbelportret van Emile Verhaeren en portret van Edmond Deman

Zelfportret, dubbelportret van Emile Verhaeren en portret van Edmond Deman (1908)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Drawings
Jeune fille assise

Jeune fille assise (1918)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Drawings
La gouvernante

La gouvernante (1903)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Drawings
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