Patrons evening preview: Léon Spilliaert
Tuesday 18 February 2020 6.30 - 8.30pm
The Jillian and Arthur M. Sackler Wing of Galleries, Royal Academy of Arts
Free for Patrons, booking required.
Léon Spilliaert
Ahead of the public opening, we invite Patrons to join us for a drinks reception and curator-led tour of our exhibition 'Léon Spilliaert'.
This is an opportunity for Patrons to see the exhibition ahead of the public opening, accompanied by a drinks reception and a curator-led tour.
Léon Spilliaert (1881–1946) was born in the coastal town of Ostend. He moved to Brussels at the age of 20, and would live and work between the two cities for the rest of his life. Self-taught, he forged his own artistic identity, which was shaped by the affinity he felt with writers and thinkers such as Edgar Allan Poe and Friedrich Nietzsche.
This is the first monographic exhibition of Spilliaert’s work in the UK and will showcase some 90 works on paper – from images of his home town and the coast, to later works capturing the tranquillity of the forest outside Brussels. It will bring together works from public and private collections across Belgium, France and the USA, presenting a journey through the lifetime of a remarkably insightful and unusual artist.
Exhibition organised by the Royal Academy of Arts, London in collaboration with the Musée d‘Orsay, Paris.