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Léon Spilliaert - Vertigo

Vertigo (1908)

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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Het einde van een mooie dag – Figuur in tegenlicht

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

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Au temps que Nanette était perdue pl. 2

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

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

Handelsdokken te Oostende (1924)

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)
Calvarie en vagevuur te Oostende

Calvarie en vagevuur te Oostende (1908)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
De brandgang

De brandgang (1944)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Woman by the Sea

Woman by the Sea (1909)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Bomen in de sneeuw

Bomen in de sneeuw (1929)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Boomtakken

Boomtakken (1940)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Het strand

Het strand (1908)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Girls on a Dune

Girls on a Dune

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

La Femme au Prisme (1920)

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

Vrouw met baret (1927)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Digue et lumières d’Ostende

Digue et lumières d’Ostende (1909)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
The Absinth Drinker

The Absinth Drinker (1907)

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
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