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Artist · 54 prints

Léon Spilliaert Prints

About Léon Spilliaert

Léon Spilliaert was a Belgian artist, born in Ostend on 28 July 1881 and died in Brussels on 23 November 1946. He enrolled at the Bruges Academy in 1899 but left after a few months, and was largely self-taught. In 1903 and 1904 he worked in Brussels for Edmond Deman, a publisher of Symbolist writers, which introduced him to the city's literary and art circles. In 1916 he married Rachel Vergison and moved to Brussels.

Spilliaert worked mostly on paper, in watercolour, gouache, pastel and charcoal, often combined, with deep blacks and very few colours. His home town of Ostend gave him his favourite subjects: empty beaches, the sea, promenades at night, and searching self-portraits, often with a melancholy mood. Well-known works include The Absinthe Drinker (1904) and Moonlight and Lights (1909), a pastel of the Ostend Kursaal at night now in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. Léon Spilliaert's work is also held by the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium and by Mu.ZEE in Ostend.

Léon Spilliaert prints: reproductions of the Symbolist works on paper Belgian artist Léon Spilliaert made in and around Ostend between 1900 and 1929. The collection includes Zwarte marine (Black Seascape, 1900), De windstoot (The Gust of Wind, 1904), Self-Portrait with Mirror (1908), Digue et lumières d'Ostende (1909) and Woman at the Window (1917).

This selection concentrates on Spilliaert's Ostend: night beaches, the sea wall and promenade, the lighthouse, canals and the Leopold Park under snow. It also includes his self-portraits of 1907 and 1908, solitary women by the sea or at a window, and quiet interiors such as Karaf op nachttafel (Carafe on a Bedside Table). Most works use deep blacks, greys and blues with a few points of colour, and many have a still, melancholy mood.

The dark, restrained palette suits bedrooms, studies, reading rooms and minimal interiors; the seascapes and lighthouse views work well in coastal homes and hallways. All prints are museum-quality reproductions, available unframed or framed with acrylic glazing, with free shipping and import duties covered.

Prelude, Op. 18 — César Franck
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Étang en automne by Léon Spilliaert — A blazing orange tree leans over a still grey pond
Zwarte marine by Léon Spilliaert — A dark sea heaves beneath a low band of pale light and cloud
Woman at the Window by Léon Spilliaert — A woman leans on a window sill behind the branches of two young trees
De uil by Léon Spilliaert — A black owl with round pale eyes perches on a curving branch
De windstoot by Léon Spilliaert — A woman's dark hair and skirt whip sideways in the wind on a seawall
The Absinth Drinker by Léon Spilliaert — A pale woman in a wide blue-lined hat stares out with dark ringed eyes
Strand met maan by Léon Spilliaert — A haloed moon shines over a round building and dark bands of beach
Solitude by Léon Spilliaert — An old woman in a striped dress crouches alone before a grey shore
Self-Portrait with Red Pencil by Léon Spilliaert — A pale young man in black holds a red pencil in a room of plants
Self-Portrait with Mirror by Léon Spilliaert — A gaunt young man stares out before a gilt mirror and a clock
Marine met kielzog by Léon Spilliaert — A ship's pale wake curves across a dark sea towards a plume of smoke
Les Cavaliers dans la neige by Léon Spilliaert — Five riders cross a snowy wood between thin black tree trunks
Leunende vrouw by Léon Spilliaert — A woman in red rests her chin on her hands at a checked table
Le parc Léopold d’Ostende avec l’étang et le Trinkhall, sous la neige by Léon Spilliaert — A snowy park pond with a rock grotto, a brick tower and a small hut
Karaf op nachttafel by Léon Spilliaert — A glass carafe glints on a bedside table before white bedding
Girls with White Stockings by Léon Spilliaert — Five long-haired girls in white stockings stand close together
Galeries royales d’Ostende et plage, après l’orage by Léon Spilliaert — A colonnade recedes beside an empty beach under a clearing storm sky
Fishermen and Women by Léon Spilliaert — Three figures in black walk side by side along a pale curving road
Femmes de pêcheur sur le quai by Léon Spilliaert — Two fishermen's wives with a basket stand on a quay under a violet sky
Het einde van een mooie dag – Figuur in tegenlicht by Léon Spilliaert — A dark cloaked figure strides across a sunlit ground of ochre strokes
Digue et lumières d’Ostende by Léon Spilliaert — A black curve of seawall sweeps towards a row of glowing lamps
De Preekstoel, Ostende by Léon Spilliaert — A pale green corner house on a sunny street beside a harbour of sails
Woman at an Exhibition by Léon Spilliaert — A woman in a plumed white hat studies pictures on a yellow wall
Nocturnal Beach View by Léon Spilliaert — A pale band of surf runs along a dark beach under a green night sky
Woman by the Sea by Léon Spilliaert — A woman in black rests her hands on a rail above a grey sea
Woman at the Sea Side by Léon Spilliaert — A grinning woman in pink stands before a dark sea and green sky
Witte gewaden by Léon Spilliaert — Two figures wrapped in white robes cross a dark green hill
De vuurtoren van Oostende bij zonsopgang by Léon Spilliaert — A tall pale lighthouse rises over low houses and a pink horizon
De blauwe teil by Léon Spilliaert — A pale blue basin throws a long shadow across a dark ground
Zwanen by Léon Spilliaert — Six pale swans glide among reeds and pink water lilies
Strand bij laagtij by Léon Spilliaert — A blue tidal channel snakes across a dark beach at low tide
Silhouette of the Artist by Léon Spilliaert — The artist in dark silhouette against a lace-curtained window
Self-Portrait with Blue Sketchbook by Léon Spilliaert — The young artist in black holds an open blue sketchbook
Pieta by Léon Spilliaert — A hooded Virgin in deep blue cradles Christ beneath the cross
L'escalier, crépuscule jaune by Léon Spilliaert — Green steps and a red embankment under a deep yellow sky
L'éclair vert sur la mer by Léon Spilliaert — A thin green lightning streak over a sea of burning orange cloud
The Lighthouse by Léon Spilliaert — Ostend's old stone lighthouse towers over a railed quay
Vrouw met roze hoed by Léon Spilliaert — A woman with round blue eyes under a wide black-banded hat
Interieur met stoel en opaallamp by Léon Spilliaert — A teal opaline lamp beside an orange bentwood chair
Het kanaal by Léon Spilliaert — Slender trees line a far bank above a dark sweep of water
Girls on a Dune by Léon Spilliaert — Two girls with wind-blown hair stand on a dune above the sea
Vissersvrouw by Léon Spilliaert — A fisherwoman in a green shawl looks out among red sails
Fillettes devant la vague by Léon Spilliaert — Two girls with streaming hair stand before curling bands of surf
Femme de pêcheur sur le ponton by Léon Spilliaert — A fisherwoman in black steps onto a planked landing stage
Digue et plage by Léon Spilliaert — A dark sea wall sweeps past two tiny walkers on a pale beach
De waterkar by Léon Spilliaert — An orange water cart and its hard shadow on a grey-green quay
De haven te Oostende by Léon Spilliaert — Masts and furled sails crowd a harbour seen from high above
Calvarie en vagevuur te Oostende by Léon Spilliaert — Two pale figures in a lamplit niche above iron church gates