Poststraat 1
Oostende

In May 1932, the Spilliaert family moved in Ostend one last time.1 Once again, they ended up close to Leopold Park, at the beginning of Poststraat.

This street was named after the impressive postal building, built between 1902 and 1906, which was destroyed in the Second World War.2 The Spilliaerts lived here for just over three years. In 1935, the family moved permanently to Brussels, mainly because their daughter Madeleine began taking piano lessons at the conservatory. Today, the site where the house at number 1 once stood is occupied by apartment buildings.

Poststraat 1 Oostende

Poststraat 1 Oostende

Footnotes

  • 1

    Norbert Hostyn, Léon Spilliaert: leven en werk, Oostkamp, Stichting Kunstboek, 2006, p. 9.

  • 2

    Miek Goossens (ed.), Bouwen door de eeuwen heen in Vlaanderen. Inventaris van het bouwkundig erfgoed. Provincie West-Vlaanderen. Gemeente Oostende. Deel 1B: Stad Oostende. Straten N-Z en wijken Haven, Hazegras, Opex, Brussels, Ministry of the Flemish Community. Department of Monuments and Landscapes. Flanders Heritage Agency, 2005, p. 157.

Last updated: 19-12-2024