Leon Spilliaert

Leon Spilliaert
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(1881–1946) Belgian graphic artist, illustrator and painter (1881-1946)

Leon Spilliaert (Flanders/Belgium, 1881–1946) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Leon Spilliaert belongs to the chapter ‘The avant-garde’ in this site’s history of art.

Leon Spilliaert was born in Ostend and died in Brussels. Leon Spilliaert worked in Paris, Ostend, Brussels, and Ostend. Wikidata associates Leon Spilliaert with Expressionism and Symbolism. Leon Spilliaert became a member of Doe Stil Voort.

The catalogue has 17 works by Leon Spilliaert with free images. The dated works span the years 1900–1945. Works by Leon Spilliaert are held by several collections, among them Mu.ZEE - Kunstmuseum aan Zee, Hearn Family Trust, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, and Heritage Fund.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Pieter Franciscus Dierckx, Jenny Montigny, Gustave De Smet, Herman Kruyder, and Abraham Anshelovich Manievich.