He especially admired the work of Edgar Allan Poe .
When he was 21 , he went to work in Brussels for Edmond Deman , a publisher of the works of symbolist writers , which Spilliaert was to illustrate .
Spilliaert especially admired the work of Edgar Allan Poe .
When he was 21 , he went to work in Brussels for Edmond Deman , a publisher of the works of symbolist writers , which Spilliaert was to illustrate .