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 rumour. Fisherwomen on the docks, 1924

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The rumour. Fisherwomen on the docks, 1924

Sale Date: March 2, 2024

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The rower, 1926

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The rower, 1926

Sale Date: March 2, 2024

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Cisterns and barrels, 1926

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Cisterns and barrels, 1926

Sale Date: March 2, 2024

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Vue d’un paysage automnale, 1931

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Vue d’un paysage automnale, 1931

Sale Date: February 14, 2024

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Etang en automne, 1929

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Etang en automne, 1929

Sale Date: December 10, 2023

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Pommiers en fleurs dans les environs d'Ostende, 1920

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Pommiers en fleurs dans les environs d'Ostende, 1920

Sale Date: December 4, 2023

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Solitude, 1901

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Solitude, 1901

Sale Date: October 24, 2023

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Les Patineurs au parc Marie-Henriette, Ostende, 1924

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Les Patineurs au parc Marie-Henriette, Ostende, 1924

Sale Date: October 24, 2023

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La serveuse de bières - mains tendues, 1901

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La serveuse de bières - mains tendues, 1901

Sale Date: October 23, 2023

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La peur du gendarme, 1919

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La peur du gendarme, 1919

Sale Date: October 23, 2023

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Vue de village, la façade rose, 1927

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Vue de village, la façade rose, 1927

Sale Date: October 23, 2023

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Baigneuse sur un rocher, 1919

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Baigneuse sur un rocher, 1919

Sale Date: October 23, 2023

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Parc Marie-Henriette, Ostende, 1916

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Parc Marie-Henriette, Ostende, 1916

Sale Date: October 23, 2023

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Cloche de verre. La tentation de Saint-Antoine, 1918

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Cloche de verre. La tentation de Saint-Antoine, 1918

Sale Date: October 23, 2023

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La chaisière (recto); Jeune femme accoudée..., 1926

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La chaisière (recto); Jeune femme accoudée..., 1926

Sale Date: October 23, 2023

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Dans un parc, la balustrade rose, 1930

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Dans un parc, la balustrade rose, 1930

Sale Date: October 20, 2023

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Fisherwomen on a quay in the harbour, 1913

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Fisherwomen on a quay in the harbour, 1913

Sale Date: October 21, 2023

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Seascape with ford and steamer, 1928

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Seascape with ford and steamer, 1928

Sale Date: October 21, 2023

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Farm in the Meiboom district, Ostend, 1930

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Farm in the Meiboom district, Ostend, 1930

Sale Date: October 21, 2023

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Drifting boats, 1917

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Drifting boats, 1917

Sale Date: October 21, 2023

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Trees, 1930

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Sale Date: October 21, 2023

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Portrait of a young man, 1901

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Portrait of a young man, 1901

Sale Date: October 21, 2023

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Portrait of my sister Rachel, 1903–1904

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Portrait of my sister Rachel, 1903–1904

Sale Date: October 21, 2023

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Woman with bare shoulder, 1901–1902

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Woman with bare shoulder, 1901–1902

Sale Date: October 21, 2023

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