Spilliaert in Ostende

Léon Spilliaert’s life and art is inextricably linked to his home town, Ostend.

He was an artist who rendered his highly personal vision of the sea, the town and its people on paper, and he lived and worked there most of his life. Find out here where you can discover Spilliaert in Ostend today.

Places

Ostend - Quai des Pêcheurs, postcard, TOB, series XIII, no. 6, ca. 1905-1910. Private collection. This postcard clearly shows the white corner house on the left, with the arched windows of Spilliaert's studio, which he rented on the third floor.

Place

Attic studio Visserskaai (1908 - 1909)

Oostende

Brussels, ACAB, inv. 36.966, envelope of a letter from Paul Haesaerts to Léon Spilliaert, 2 March 1923.

Place

Belle-époque apartment (May 1922 - May 1923)

Oostende

Brussels, AHKB, inv. 46.307, postcard from Georges Balthus to Léon Spilliaert, 12 July 1921.

Place

Briefly in Ostend (summer 1921)

Oostende

Brussels, ACAB, inv. 36.960, envelope of a letter from Paul Desmet to Léon Spilliaert, 18 October 1928.

Place

Close to Leopoldpark (May 1928 - May 1929)

Oostende

Brussels, ACAB, inv. 36.957, envelope of a letter from Paul Desmet to Léon Spilliaert, 28 October 1929.

Place

Hazegras district (May 1929 - May 1932)

Oostende

Brussel, AHKB, inv. nr. 46,268, enveloppe van een brief van Henri Vandeputte aan Léon Spilliaert, 21 febuari 1928.

Brussels, ACAB, inv. 46,268, envelope of a letter of Henri Vandeputte to Léon Spilliaert, 21 February 1928.

Place

Home ánd studio (May 1923 - May 1928)

Oostende

Place

Last home in Ostend (May 1932- September 1935)

Oostende

Brussel, AHKB, inv. 46.225, postkaart van Henri Vandeputte aan Léon Spilliaert, 10 februari 1914.

Brussels, ACAB, inv. 46.225, postcard from Henri Vandeputte to Léon Spilliaert, 10 February 1914.

Place

Perfumery/childhood home (ca. 1881 - 1916)

Oostende

Spilliaert in Ostend

Léon Spilliaert’s life and art is inextricably linked to his home town, Ostend. He was an artist who rendered his highly personal vision of the sea, the town and its people on paper, and he lived and worked there most of his life. Find out here where you can discover Spilliaert in Ostend today.

Léon Spilliaert, De duizeling, 1908.

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