This invention is concerned with an image display apparatus comprising a component capable of image display by an applied voltage sandwiched between a substrate having a driving semiconductor array and a substrate having an electrode film, the substrates facing each other.A space member, a light intercepting member, or a member functioning as both a spacer member and a light intercepting member is disposed on a non-image display portion of the apparatus. Or at least one of the substrate having the electrode film is provided with an overcoating layer and an undercoating layer.