Research Catalog
Léon Spilliaert
- Title
- Léon Spilliaert / Léon Spilliaert.
- Author
- Spilliaert, Léon, 1881-1946
- Publication
- London : Royal Academy of Arts, [2020]
- Suffolk : ACC Art Books Ltd ; New York : Artbook D.A.P.
- Italy : Printer Trento
- ©2020
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- Description
- 174 pages : color illustrations, facsimiles, portraits; 30 cm
- Summary
- 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. Exhibition: Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK (23.02.-25.05.2020).
- Uniform Title
- Paintings. Selections
- Alternative Title
- Paintings.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 170) and index.
- Language (note)
- Includes quotations translated from French.
- Exhibitions (note)
- "First published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Léon Spilliaert'. Royal Academy of Arts, London 23 February - 25 May 2020. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 15 June - 13 September 2020. Exhibition organised by the Royal Academy of Arts, London, and the Musée d'Orsay, Paris"--Title page verso.
- Contents
- A ghostlike presence / Luc Tuymans -- Reality and creation in the sea mists of Ostend / Anne Adriaens-Pannier and Noémie Goldman -- Walking alone: Spilliaert and the night / Adrian Locke -- Visionary symbiosis: Spilliaert as illustrator / Will Stone -- Catalogue. Illumination ; Twilight ; Littoral ; Reflections -- Chronology / Anna Testar.
- Call Number
- JQF 21-773
- ISBN
- 9781912520220
- 1912520222
- LCCN
- 2020376748
- OCLC
- 1126282357
- Author
- Spilliaert, Léon, 1881-1946, artist.
- Title
- Léon Spilliaert / Léon Spilliaert.
- Publisher
- London : Royal Academy of Arts, [2020]
- Distributor
- Suffolk : ACC Art Books Ltd ; New York : Artbook D.A.P.
- Manufacturer
- Italy : Printer Trento
- Copyright Date
- ©2020
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (page 170) and index.
- Language
- Includes quotations translated from French.
- Exhibitions
- "First published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Léon Spilliaert'. Royal Academy of Arts, London 23 February - 25 May 2020. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 15 June - 13 September 2020. Exhibition organised by the Royal Academy of Arts, London, and the Musée d'Orsay, Paris"--Title page verso.
- Local Note
- EXHIBITION CATALOGUE.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Added Author
- Adriaens-Pannier, Anne, contributor.Locke, Adrian, contributor.Stone, William, 1966- contributor, translator.Tuymans, Luc, 1958- contributor.Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain), host institution.Musée d'Orsay, host institution.
- Research Call Number
- JQF 21-773