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Paul Delvaux

(Belgian, 1897–1994)

Paul Delvaux

Le bout du monde / The ends of the earth, 1996

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Paul Delvaux

Trois femmes, 1982

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Paul Delvaux

The Garden, 1971

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Biography

Timeline
Exhibitions

Timeline

1897: Born on 23 September at Antheit, near Huy in Belgium
1916 - 1919: Enrolled at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels, initially studying architecture, and, later, painting
1918: Met Franz Courtens during a holiday in Duinbergen
1920 - 1921: Carried out his military service from May 31, 1920 to June 18, 1921; in the evenings he followed the classes given by Jean Delville at the Brussels Academy
1920: Spent his afternoons at the Rouge-Cloître, at the edge of the Forêt de Soignes, where he painted many landscapes; met the painter Alfred Bastien who encouraged his ambition to be a painter
1923: Exhibited for the first time at the Exposition de jeune peinture et jeune sculpture at the Brussels gallery of Georges Giroux
1936: Shared an exhibition at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels with René Magritte, a fellow member of the Belgian group Les Compagnons de l’Art
1937: Joined the Belgian Surrealists
1938 - 1939: Visited Italy
1938: Solo exhibitions at the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, and the London Gallery
1944 - 1945: First retrospective was held at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels
1947: Executed stage designs for Jean Genet’s Adame Miroire
1950 - 1962: Appointed professor at the Ecole Supérieure d’Art et d’Architecture in Brussels
1956: Traveled to Greece
1965 - 1966: Served as president and director of the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts of Belgium; produced his first lithographs
1965: Retrospectives of his work were held at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille
1969: Retrospectives of his work were held at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris
1973: Retrospectives of his work were held at the Museum Boymans-van Beuningen in Rotterdam
: Awarded the Rembrandt Prize of the Johann Wolfgang Stiftung
1975: Retrospective was shown at the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo and the National Museum of Modern Art of Kyoto
1977: Became an associate member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts of France
1994: Died in Veurne, Belgium, on July 20

Exhibitions

2008: Cosas del Surrealismo - Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Bilbao
2007: Das grosse Finale - 49 Jahre - 9.12.1958 - 8.12.2007 - Galerie Brusberg Berlin, Berlin
: Peggy Guggenheim E L’immaginario Surreale - Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice
: 25 years Brusberg Berlin - Galerie Brusberg Berlin, Berlin
: Sommergäste - Neuerwerbungen und Arbeiten aus dem Bestand (II) - Galerie Brusberg Berlin, Berlin
: Sommergäste - Neuerwerbungen und Arbeiten aus dem Bestand (I) - Galerie Brusberg Berlin, Berlin
: Surreal Things - Surrealism and Design - Victoria and Albert Museum - V&A, London (England)
: La colección Pierre y Maria-Gaetana Matisse en The Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York - Museo Picasso Málaga, Málaga
: Il Settimo Splendore - La modernità della malinconia - Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Palazzo Forti, Verona
: Fondation Beyeler: EROS in der Kunst der Moderne - BA-CA Kunstforum Wien, Vienna
: A New Key: Modern Belgian Art from the Simon Collection - McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
: Auktion 22 - Lehr - Auktionshaus und Galerie, Berlin
: Classics - Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere
: Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium Exhibition - NMWA The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
: Ensor and the avantgardes by the sea - Museum Voor Moderne Kunst (PMMK), Oostende
2006: Das Geheimnis der Frau - Paul Delvaux und der Surrealismus - Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld (solo)
: Surrealism: Then and Now - Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York City, NY
: Memento Mori - Mireille Mosler Ltd., New York City, NY
: EROS in der Kunst der Moderne - Foundation Beyeler, Riehen
2005: Il surrealismo di Delvaux tra Magritte e De Chirico - Palazzo Bricherasio, Turin
: Auktion 21 - Lehr - Auktionshaus und Galerie, Berlin
: Prints from the collections of the Turku Art Museum - Turku Art Museum, Turku
: Il nudo fra ideale e realtà - Galleria d´Arte Moderna di Bologna - GAM, Bologna
: La ciudad que nunca existió. Arquitecturas fantásticas en el arte occidental - Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Bilbao
: Andererseits - Die Phantastik - Landesgalerie am Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseum, Linz
2004: The Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Collection - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY
: A century of belgian painting - Frissiras Museum, Athens
2003: Die Sammlung Wald - Glanzstücke der Malerei des 20. Jahrhunderts - Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
: A Singular Vision: The Melvin Blake and Frank Purnell Legacy - MFA - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
2001: Surrealism: Desire Unbound - Tate Modern, London (England)
2000: Cosmos - From Goya to De Chirico from Friedrich to Kiefer - Palazzo Grassi, Venice
1999: Paul Delvaux - Acuarelas y Dibujos - Museu d´Art Espanyol Contemporani (Fundación Juan March), Palma de Mallorca (solo)
: Forma y Figuración - Obras maestras de la Colección Blake-Purnell - Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Bilbao
1998: Paul Delvaux - Fundación Juan March, Madrid (solo)
1995: 46th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale / Biennale di Venezia - La Biennale di Venezia, Venice
1992: Adam & Eve - Museum of Modern Art Saitama, Saitama
1989: Open Mind (Gesloten Circuits) - SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent
: Paul de Vaux - Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich (solo)
1982: In Our Time: Houston’s Contemporary Arts Museum 1948–1982 - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX
1969: Ensor - Delvaux - Magritte - Galerie Gmurzynska - Köln, Cologne
1959: documenta 2 - Documenta, Kassel
1958: Paintings from the Urvater Collection - Tate Britain, London (England)
: The Disquieting Muse: Surrealism - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX
1953: 5th Anniversary Exhibition
: PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Groeninge Museum, Bruges, Belgium
Dexia Art Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Musée d'Ixelles - Museum van Elsene, Brussels, Belgium
Musée d´Art Moderne Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Museum Voor Moderne Kunst (PMMK), Oostende, Belgium
Museo Botero, Santafé de Bogota, Colombia
Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Kiasma - Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere, Finland
Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
Pola Museum of Art, Kanagawa, Japan
Yokohama Museum of Art, Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Japan
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Scheringa Museum voor Realisme, Spanbroek, Netherlands
Berardo Museum - Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain
Tate Britain, London (England), UK
SCAG -Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton (England), UK
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, NY, USA
Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO, USA
Kreeger Museum, Washington, DC, USA

Paul Delvaux

(Belgian, 1897–1994)

Paul Delvaux

Paul Delvaux

Paul Delvaux

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

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