Salomon-Léon Sarluis, known as Léonard Sarluis, (21 October 1874 – 20 April 1949) was a naturalised French Symbolist painter."SARLUIS, Léonard." ''Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Oxford Art Online'',

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. Retrieved 5 July 2014. Sarluis was born in The Hague. He arrived in Paris in 1894 and became a well-known '' boulevardier''. He travelled widely, including to Naples, Italy and to Russia. His work was praised by

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and Oscar Wilde. He exhibited at the Salon de la Rose+Croix and the

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, and with

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he designed the poster for the fifth salon of that group. It depicted the Ideal in the form of

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holding the severed head of

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Jullian, Philippe. (1973) ''The Symbolists''. Translated by Mary Anne Stevens. London:

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, p. 234. in reference to the Greek myth in which Perseus decapitated the

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. For the Symbolists, Zola exemplified in literature the oppressive Naturalism they rejected. Lucie-Smith, Edward. (1972) ''Symbolist Art''. London:

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, p. 54.

Notable works

Sarluis completed the decorative illustrations for the refectory bar at the Paris newspaper ''Le Journal'' and worked for years on a ''Mystic Interpretation of the Bible'', the paintings for which he exhibited in London in 1928. He illustrated Gaston de Pawlowski's ''Voyage to the Land of the Fourth Dimension'' which

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thought was the inspiration for Marcel Duchamp's '' Large Glass''. He died by suicide on 20 April 1949 in Paris.

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*http://fc-fineart.com/mp.php?rqs=348 1874 births 1949 suicides Painters from The Hague 20th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists French Symbolist painters French male painters Suicides in Paris 1949 deaths Dutch emigrants to France {{France-painter-stub