Leon Spilliaert
A luminous loneliness: reveries from Belgian artist L on Spilliaert, rival of Ensor and exponent of Nietzsche and PoeAlthough often associated with Belgian symbolism, L on Spilliaert, largely…
Specifikacia Leon Spilliaert
A luminous loneliness: reveries from Belgian artist L on Spilliaert, rival of Ensor and exponent of Nietzsche and PoeAlthough often associated with Belgian symbolism, L on Spilliaert, largely self-taught as a painter, demonstrated a peculiarly individual style. He was born in the coastal city of Ostend, and created many of his most radical works there. An introvert and insomniac who suffered from poor health as a youth, Spilliaert wandered the night-time streets of the North Sea resort, creating mysterious and highly atmospheric depictions of its dark docks, beaches and promenades. 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; his visual explorations of the self and potent images of solitude also align him with European modernists such as Edvard Munch and