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Historical Artist - Paul Delvaux (1894 - 1994)
After studying architecture and painting in Belgium, Paul Delvaux established a studio in
Brussels and experimented with Expressionism and Impressionism. Later, he was introduced to the
Surrealist styles of de Chirico and Magritte, and began creating his own approach within the
movement. His painting are often full of male and female nudes, skeletons, and ruins with a
self-portrait in their midst. His incorporation of classical and modern imagery is a unique an
enduring aspect of Delvaux’s work. He taught at the Ecole Nationale Superieure d’Art
at d’Architecture in Brussels from 1950 to 1962 and established a museum at Saint Idesbald
in 1982. The paintings Delvaux became famous for usually feature numbers of nude women who stare
as if hypnotized, gesturing mysteriously, sometimes reclining incongruously in a train station
or wandering through classical buildings. Sometimes they are accompanied by skeletons, men in
bowler hats, or puzzled scientists drawn from the stories of Jules Verne.
Contemporary Belgian Artists
Art Galleries in Belgium
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