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Royal Art - Léon Spilliaert - one of the most important painters of Belgium

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Léon Spilliaert (Born: July 28th. 1881, Ostend - Died: November 23rd. 1946, Brussels) was known as one of the most important Belgian painters and one of the founders of the literary symbolism, although his work was too eccentric to have one style. Leon Spilliaert Selfportrait - own picture taken in 2017 Royal Link His father Leonard Hubert Spilliaert (1851-1928) had a perfumery in Ostend and made his own perfumes like "Brise d'Ostend", which made him a royal warrant holder of King Leopold II of Belgium. Spilliaert and Ostend - Own picture taken in 2017 Youth In 1900, Léon Spilliaert and his father visited the World exhibition in Paris. Leon also liked to read works from Edgar Allan Poe, Maurice Maeterlinck, Vergilius and Friedrich Nietzsche. Leon Spilliaert at home, where he works Network From 1902 till 1904, Spilliaert served a famous publisher in Brussels: Edmond Deman. Through this work Léon Spilliaert came in contact with the Brusse