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. spilliaert was born in ostend, the oldest of seven children of léonard-hubert spilliaert, who was a perfumer, and léonie (née jonckheere). from childhood, he displayed an interest in art and drawing. a prolific doodler and autodidact, he was predominantly a self-taught artist. sickly and reclusive
, he spent most of his youth sketching scenes of ordinary life and the belgian countryside. when he was , he went to work in brussels for edmond deman, a publisher of the works of symbolist writers, which spilliaert was to illustrate. he especially admired the work of edgar allan poe. watercolor , gouache...
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