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Léon Spilliaert created The Crossing in 1913 using pastel and colored pencils. The Belgian artist's work blends Symbolism and Expressionism, frequently depicting lone figures in dreamlike spaces. His paintings convey melancholy and silence through dark tonalities and simplified forms.
Spilliaert was largely self-taught, born in the coastal town of Ostend. He frequented Belgian Symbolist writers including Maurice Maeterlinck and Émile Verhaeren. His work draws inspiration from Edvard Munch, Fernand Khnopff, and Edgar Allan Poe. The Crossing measures 90 by 70 centimeters and remains in a private collection.
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Edvard Munch, 1894
Munch Museum, Oslo

Edvard Munch, 1893
National Gallery of Norway, Oslo

Gustav Klimt, 1907
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Gustav Klimt, 1915
Belvedere Museum, Vienna

Gustav Klimt, 1912
Neue Galerie, New York

Gustav Klimt, 1908
Belvedere Museum, Vienna

Gustav Klimt, 1909
MAK Vienna, Vienna

Edvard Munch, 1894
Munch Museum, Oslo
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