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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Paysage aux arbres, 1931

Léon Spilliaert

Paysage aux arbres, 1931

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Chiens dans un paysage de neige, 1927

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Chiens dans un paysage de neige, 1927

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Dunes et mer, 1930., 1930

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Dunes et mer, 1930., 1930

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Marine et plage avec promeneurs, 1913., 1913

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Marine et plage avec promeneurs, 1913., 1913

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La femme au prisme.

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La femme au prisme.

Sale Date: May 17, 2021

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Visage féminin.

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Visage féminin.

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Karreveld' under snow, 1920

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Karreveld' under snow, 1920

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Shells on a light blue background, 1927

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Shells on a light blue background, 1927

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Artist Léon Spilliaert and poet Henri..., 1924

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Artist Léon Spilliaert and poet Henri..., 1924

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The red house with the purple shutters, 1925

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The red house with the purple shutters, 1925

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Masked noble ladies in the parc, 1918

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Masked noble ladies in the parc, 1918

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Fieldwork, 1913

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Fieldwork, 1913

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Kiosk in the Leopoldpark, Ostend, 1926

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Kiosk in the Leopoldpark, Ostend, 1926

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Chalutier sur la mer, 1921

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Chalutier sur la mer, 1921

Sale Date: April 14, 2021

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The Woman with the Prism.

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The Woman with the Prism.

Sale Date: February 23, 2021

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Slijkens lock, Bredene, 1930

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Slijkens lock, Bredene, 1930

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The Park, 1917

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The Park, 1917

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Queen Conch, plate with a spoon, and a tripod, 1909

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Queen Conch, plate with a spoon, and a tripod, 1909

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Dark seascape, evening, 1925

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Dark seascape, evening, 1925

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Large bust of a young woman with hat

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Large bust of a young woman with hat

Sale Date: January 21, 2021

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Arbre solitaire., 1943

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Arbre solitaire., 1943

Sale Date: January 18, 2021

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La Reine de Saba, 1926, 1926

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La Reine de Saba, 1926, 1926

Sale Date: January 9, 2021

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Le poète et le plateau de prunes; Le pot à..., 1929

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Le poète et le plateau de prunes; Le pot à..., 1929

Sale Date: December 16, 2020

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Marine, 1935., 1935

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Marine, 1935., 1935

Sale Date: December 14, 2020

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