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Title: Leon Spilliaert
Condition: New
Author: Anne Adriaens-Pannier, Adrian Locke, Will Stone, Noemie Goldman, Anna Testar
Format: Hardback
Type: Hardback
EAN: 9781912520220
ISBN: 9781912520220
Publisher: Royal Academy of Arts
Genre: Arts & Photography
Release Date: 10/02/2020
Description: 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.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 290mm
Item Length: 220mm
Release Year: 2020

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