Collections

Spilliaert’s works now belong to various public and private collections, scattered around Belgium and far beyond.

This page highlights the most prominent public and non-anonymous private collections. Thanks to the contributions of collaborators and those in charge of various museums and private collections, here you can explore the diverse and ever-growing Spilliaert collections.

Discover the Spilliaert collections here

Brussels, ACAB, inv. 2755, postcard illustrated with Indian ink by and from Léon Spilliaert to Albert Syllie, 15 July 1904.

ACAB

Léon Spilliaert, Young Woman on a Stool, 1909, Indian ink, oil stick and gouache on paper, 70.3 x 59.9 cm. Hearn Family Trust.

Hearn Family Trust

Léon Spilliaert, Graf (Grave), 1904, pencil, Indian ink wash, watercolour and pastel on paper, 30.9 x 38.2 cm. Brussels, KBR, inv. S.V 73611. The KBR purchased this work from Rachel Vergison, the artist’s widow, in 1958.

KBR

Léon Spilliaert, Woman by the Sea, 1909, Indian ink wash and coloured pencil on paper, 65.2 x 50.3 cm. KMSKA Collection - Collection of the Flemish Community, inv. 2696, photo: d/arch. This work was purchased from Rachel Vergison in 1950.

KMSKA

Léon Spilliaert, Bathing Woman, 1910, Indian ink and pastel on paper, 84.6 x 59.4 cm. Brussels, RMFAB, inv. 6622. This work was purchased by the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium from Léon Spilliaert’s widow in Brussels in 1952.

RMFAB

Léon Spilliaert, Nocturnal Beach View, 1905, pastel on paper, 69 x 87 cm. MSK Ghent, inv. 2012-Z.. This beach scene is one of the works the MSK received as a gift with a reservation of usufruct from Prof. dr. Alex Vermeulen in 2012 (received in 2023).

MSK Ghent

Léon Spilliaert, The Night, 1908, Indian ink wash and pastel on paper. Museum of Ixelles, Brussels, inv. ETAT 7594, State deposit managed by the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles.

Museum of Ixelles

Léon Spilliaert, Self-portrait with Red Pencil, 1908, Indian ink, gouache and pastels on paper, 85 x 69 cm. Ostend, Mu.ZEE, Collection of the City of Ostend, inv. SM000005. Foto Cedric Verhelst.

Mu.ZEE

Cover of the exhibition catalogue Léon Spilliaert (1881-1946). Lumière et solitude, Paris, Musée d'Orsay, 13 oktober 2020-10 januari 2021.