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Léon Spilliaert - Het einde van een mooie dag – Figuur in tegenlicht

Het einde van een mooie dag – Figuur in tegenlicht (1912)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
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Léon Spilliaert

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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Ostende et le littoral belge

Ostende et le littoral belge (from 1927 until 1929)

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

Au temps que Nanette était perdue (1931)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Big Tree

Big Tree (1945)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Permeke schilderend te Sint-Martens-Latem in april 1912

Permeke schilderend te Sint-Martens-Latem in april 1912 (1912)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Les Serres Chaudes 10

Les Serres Chaudes 10 (1918)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Het luchtschip Belgique II in zijn loods

Het luchtschip Belgique II in zijn loods (1910)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Kinderen op de duin

Kinderen op de duin (1905)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Havenzicht

Havenzicht (1927)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Beachview at night

Beachview at night (1905)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Bomen

Bomen (1940)

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

Boerderij langsheen de Gistelse Steenweg (1930)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Vertigo

Vertigo (1908)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Bomen (Knoestige boomstammen)

Bomen (Knoestige boomstammen) (1938)

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

Landschap voor ‘Au temps que Nanette était perdue’ (from 1930 until 1931)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Self Portrait

Self Portrait (1915)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
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