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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Shells with blue reflection - Coquillages..., 1927

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Shells with blue reflection - Coquillages..., 1927

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Shells with green reflection - Coquillages..., 1927

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Shells with green reflection - Coquillages..., 1927

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Dunes under a blue sky - Dunes sous un ciel..., 1926

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Dunes under a blue sky - Dunes sous un ciel..., 1926

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Wooden moulds at the shipyard, Ostend - Bois , 1926

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Wooden moulds at the shipyard, Ostend - Bois , 1926

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The pink facade - La façade rose, 1926

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The pink facade - La façade rose, 1926

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Seacape, 1924

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Seacape, 1924

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Park at sundown, Ostend - Parc au..., 1921

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Park at sundown, Ostend - Parc au..., 1921

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Plaisirs d'hiver, 1918

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Plaisirs d'hiver, 1918

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Entrance of the Beguinage at the Minnewater, , 1926

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Entrance of the Beguinage at the Minnewater, , 1926

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Feu d’artifice, Le cirque, 1927

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Feu d’artifice, Le cirque, 1927

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Cavaliers, 1927

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Cavaliers, 1927

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Troncs d'arbres en hiver, 1942

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Troncs d'arbres en hiver, 1942

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Plaisirs d'hiver (album w/10 works, incl. 5..., 1918

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Plaisirs d'hiver (album w/10 works, incl. 5..., 1918

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Forêt de sapins, 1938

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Forêt de sapins, 1938

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La Démocratie en marche, 1908

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La Démocratie en marche, 1908

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Digue et plage, Chalet Royal et..., 1908–1909

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Digue et plage, Chalet Royal et..., 1908–1909

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Autoportrait, 1916

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Autoportrait, 1916

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Les pivoines blanches, 1929

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Les pivoines blanches, 1929

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Colonnade au crépuscule, 1920

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Colonnade au crépuscule, 1920

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L'apparition.

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L'apparition.

Sale Date: March 21, 2022

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The drowning, 1904

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The drowning, 1904

Sale Date: March 12, 2022

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The church of Florenville, seen from the..., 1939

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The church of Florenville, seen from the..., 1939

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The Keignaert Creek in Zandvoorde, 1931

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The Keignaert Creek in Zandvoorde, 1931

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Seascape, Mariakerke, 1932

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Seascape, Mariakerke, 1932

Sale Date: March 12, 2022

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