Léon Spilliaert (1917) - Rachel slapend in zetel
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Nederlands: Rachel slapend in zetel (1917); potlood en aquarel op papier; door de Belgische kunstenaar Léon Spilliaert (1881-1946); Prentenkabinet van de Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België, Brussel
Français : Rachel endormie dans le feauteuil (1917); crayon et aquarelle sur papier par l'artiste belge Léon Spilliaert (1881-1946); Cabinet des Estampes, Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, Bruxelles
Léon Spilliaert (1881–1946), also Leon Spilliaert, was a Belgian symbolist painter and graphic artist. Spilliaert was born in Ostend, the oldest of seven children of Léonard-Hubert Spilliaert, a perfumer, and his wife Léonie (née Jonckheere). From childhood, he displayed an interest in art and drawing. A prolific doodler and autodidact, he was predominantly a self-taught artist.
Leon Spilliaert (1881–1946) was born in Ostend, the oldest of seven children of Léonard-Hubert Spilliaert, a perfumer, and his wife Léonie (née Jonckheere). From childhood, he displayed an interest in art and drawing. A prolific doodler and autodidact, he was predominantly a self-taught artist. Sickly and reclusive, he spent most of his youth sketching scenes of ordinary life and the Belgian countryside. When he was 21, Spilliaert went to work in Brussels for Edmond Deman, a publisher of the works of symbolist writers, which Spilliaert was to illustrate. He especially admired the work of Edgar Allan Poe.