Léon Spilliaert

(Belgian, 1881–1946)

Léon Spilliaert was a Belgian painter best known for his mysterious, Symbolist works. Depicting nocturnal landscapes, windswept beach scenes, and alien portraits, Spilliaert’s oeuvre is united in its consistent fascination with the interior emotional landscape of people. Throughout his practice, the artist emphasized aspects of and stylized his observations of reality so that patterns and moods reoccurred within his varied subject matter. Much like the French painter and printmaker Odilon Redon, Spilliaert often used pastels to create the sense of a dream-like haze, lending his work a distinctive, softened aesthetic. Born on July 28, 1881 in Ostend, Belgium, he was often ill and so spent much of his childhood drawing landscapes around his home. At age 21, he went to Brussels to work as an illustrator for Edmond Deman, a publisher who specialized in Symbolist writers like Edgar Allan Poe, which allowed him to pursue his own personal brand of expressive painting. Today, Spilliaert’s works are held in the collections of the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, among others. Spilliaert died on November 23, 1946 in Brussels, Belgium.

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The pathway, 1930

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The pathway, 1930

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A tree in autumn, 1929

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A tree in autumn, 1929

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Simone, 1921

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Pensive, Rachel Spilliaert, 1925

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Pensive, Rachel Spilliaert, 1925

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Trees in winter, 1945

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Trees in winter, 1945

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Parc Léopold, Ostende, 1922

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Parc Léopold, Ostende, 1922

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Cock and hens, 1917

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Cock and hens, 1917

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Snow landscape, Ostend, 1905

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Snow landscape, Ostend, 1905

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Seascape with beach and wanderers, 1913

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Seascape with beach and wanderers, 1913

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Calling of the Apostles, 1917

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Calling of the Apostles, 1917

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Head of a Kore

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Head of a Kore

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Étude de coq et poules

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Étude de coq et poules

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BRANCHAGES EN HIVER AUTOUR D'UN ÉTANG, 1936

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BRANCHAGES EN HIVER AUTOUR D'UN ÉTANG, 1936

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ARBRE SOLITAIRE DU PARC, CRÉPUSCULE HIVERNAL , 1930

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ARBRE SOLITAIRE DU PARC, CRÉPUSCULE HIVERNAL , 1930

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Seascape, 1924

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Seascape, 1924

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The farm with the red roofs by the creek, 1933

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The farm with the red roofs by the creek, 1933

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Village road, 1930–1931

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Village road, 1930–1931

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The village by the end of the road under the , 1930

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The village by the end of the road under the , 1930

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Susanna and the Elders, 1926

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Susanna and the Elders, 1926

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Le masque fatigué (The Tired Mask), 1919

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Le masque fatigué (The Tired Mask), 1919

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La femme au prisme. Poèmes par Franz Hellens, 1920

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La femme au prisme. Poèmes par Franz Hellens, 1920

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Etruscan woman in profile, 1917

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Nun, 1901–1903

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Nun, 1901–1903

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Plaisirs d'Hiver

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Plaisirs d'Hiver

Sale Date: January 29, 2019

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