Léon Spilliaert was a Belgian draughtsman, illustrator, lithographer and painter. In his early

Léon Spilliaert was a Belgian draughtsman, illustrator, lithographer and painter. In his early career, he contributed to the development of symbolism in the visual arts in Belgium. He frequented the milieu of Belgian symbolist writers, of which Maurice Maeterlinck and Émile Verhaeren were the best known members. Born on July 28, 1881 in Ostend, Belgium, he was often ill and so spent much of his childhood drawing landscapes around his home. At age 21, he went to Brussels to work as an illustrator for Edmond Deman, a publisher who specialized in Symbolist writers like Edgar Allan Poe, which allowed him to pursue his own personal brand of expressive painting. Today, Spilliaert’s works are held in the collections of the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, among others. Spilliaert died on November 23, 1946 in Brussels, Belgium.Charcol on Paper,size:14.25"h x 12"w,come with frame,