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Lâeon Spilliaert

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Although often associated with the key figures of Belgian Symbolism, Leon Spilliaert in fact demonstrated a peculiarly individual style.

Born in Ostend, he worked there for most of his career.

An introvert and insomniac who suffered from poor health as a young man, Spilliaert wandered the night-time streets of the North Sea resort, creating mysterious and highly atmospheric depictions of its dark docks, beaches and promenades.

Almost entirely self-taught, he drew influence from such painters as Odilon Redon and James Abbott McNeill Whistler, as well as the writers Edgar Allan Poe and Friedrich Nietzsche. This book brings together over a hundred works from international collections, including a series of haunting self-portraits that Spilliaert created in his twenties.

Authoritative authors discuss the artist's singular approach and put his career in context alongside that of his more famous compatriot and contemporary James Ensor.

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Royal Academy of Arts
1912520222 / 9781912520220
Hardback
10/02/2020
United Kingdom
English
174 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour)
30 cm
Published to accompany an exhibition of the same name held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 23rd February-25th May, 2020 ; Musâee d'Orsay, Paris, 15th June-13th September, 2020.