tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086588560855961894.post221271888334787977..comments2024-03-22T03:10:02.053-07:00Comments on THE BLUE LANTERN: Blue Apple, Green Sea: Leon SpilliaertJane Librizzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03943563452168571716noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086588560855961894.post-63898260669682694312013-09-13T11:15:26.413-07:002013-09-13T11:15:26.413-07:00Neil, by all accounts Spilliaert did a lot of soli...Neil, by all accounts Spilliaert did a lot of solitary walking. It's maddening to think of him following Ensor around the streets of Ostend and never having the nerve to introduce himself.<br />Unlike Ensor, though, he viewed people not just with foreboding. There's a lot of wit in his images - or at least smiling - in his work, especially of children and dogs. <br />No wonder there's a life-sized monument of Vertigo on the beach at Ostend.Janehttp://www.thebluelantern.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086588560855961894.post-48502674629831647392013-09-13T07:17:13.376-07:002013-09-13T07:17:13.376-07:00Just as compositions, these are so strong, before ...Just as compositions, these are so strong, before you get to all the subtleties of color and other elements you point out. He's particularly good at a figure in a landscape, seen from behind.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.com