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Paul Delvaux

Paul Delvaux

Belgian, 1897–1994

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Paul Delvaux was a Belgian painter noted for his dream-like scenes of women, classical architecture, trains and train stations, and skeletons, often in combination. He is often considered a surrealist, although he only briefly identified with the surrealist movement. He was influenced by the works of Giorgio de Chirico and René Magritte, but developed his own fantastical subjects and hyper-realistic styling, combining the detailed classical beauty of academic painting with the bizarre juxtapositions of surrealism.

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Works in Collection

53 works
Composition (The Siesta)

Composition (The Siesta)

Paul Delvaux

1947

Construction d'un Temple en Ruine à la Déesse Vanadé

Construction d'un Temple en Ruine à la Déesse Vanadé

Paul Delvaux

1975. (Prints executed 1971-1973).

Phases of the Moon

Phases of the Moon

Paul Delvaux

March 1939

Sketchbook

Sketchbook

Paul Delvaux

c. 1939-44

Sketchbook

Sketchbook

Paul Delvaux

(c. 1939-44)

Sketchbook

Sketchbook

Paul Delvaux

c. 1939-44

Sketchbook

Sketchbook

Paul Delvaux

c. 1939-44

Sketchbook

Sketchbook

Paul Delvaux

c. 1939-44

Sketchbook

Sketchbook

Paul Delvaux

(c. 1939-44)

Sketchbook

Sketchbook

Paul Delvaux

(c. 1939-44)

Sketchbook

Sketchbook

Paul Delvaux

(c. 1939-44)

Sketchbook

Sketchbook

Paul Delvaux

(c. 1939-44)

Sketchbook

Sketchbook

Paul Delvaux

(c. 1939-44)

Sketchbook

Sketchbook

Paul Delvaux

(c. 1939-44)

Sketchbook

Sketchbook

Paul Delvaux

(c. 1939-44)

Sketchbook

Sketchbook

Paul Delvaux

(c. 1939-44)

Sketchbook

Sketchbook

Paul Delvaux

(c. 1939-44)

Sketchbook

Sketchbook

Paul Delvaux

(c. 1939-44)

Sketchbook

Sketchbook

Paul Delvaux

c. 1939-44

Sketchbook

Sketchbook

Paul Delvaux

(c. 1939-44)

Sketchbook

Sketchbook

Paul Delvaux

(c. 1939-44)

Sketchbook

Sketchbook

Paul Delvaux

(c. 1939-44)

Sketchbook

Sketchbook

Paul Delvaux

(c. 1939-44)

Sketchbook

Sketchbook

Paul Delvaux

(c. 1939-44)

Exhibitions

22 exhibitions

Dec 09, 1942 – Jan 24, 1943

Twentieth Century Portraits

159 artists · 1 curator

May 06, 1952 – Jun 08, 1952

Recent Acquisitions

36 artists · 1 curator

Oct 19, 1954 – Feb 06, 1955

XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection

260 artists

Aug 19, 1961 – Jan 30, 1962

Modern Allegories

20 artists · 1 curator

Aug 06, 1963 – Sep 29, 1963

60 Modern Drawings: Recent Acquisitions

45 artists · 1 curator

May 27, 1964

Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

169 artists

May 27, 1964 – Mar 23, 1965

Drawings from the Museum Collections: A Selection

57 artists · 1 curator

Sep 17, 1965 – Dec 14, 1965

Recent Acquisitions: Kay Sage Tanguy Bequest

12 artists · 1 curator

Aug 02, 1966 – Oct 02, 1966

20 Drawings: New Acquisitions

20 artists · 1 curator

Oct 31, 1966 – May 08, 1967

Drawings from the Museum Collection

53 artists

Mar 27, 1968 – Jun 09, 1968

Dada, Surrealism and their Heritage

94 artists · 1 curator

May 28, 1969 – Sep 01, 1969

Twentieth-Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection

119 artists · 1 curator

Nov 10, 1970 – Apr 21, 1971

The Nude: Thirty 20th-Century Drawings

24 artists · 1 curator

Feb 11, 1971 – Apr 18, 1971

Surrealist Illusion from the Museum Collection

5 artists · 1 curator

Mar 07, 1973 – Jun 04, 1973

Works on Paper

58 artists

Jun 13, 1974 – Sep 08, 1974

Seurat to Matisse: Drawing in France

79 artists · 1 curator

Aug 05, 1975 – Sep 28, 1975

Modern Masters: Manet to Matisse

21 artists · 1 curator

Sep 26, 1977 – Nov 28, 1977

Dream/Reality/Dream

33 artists · 1 curator

Apr 28, 1978 – Jul 04, 1978

A Treasury of Modern Drawing: The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection

89 artists · 1 curator

Oct 26, 1983 – Jan 03, 1984

The Modern Drawing: 100 Works on Paper from The Museum of Modern Art

81 artists · 1 curator

Jun 25, 1987 – Oct 13, 1987

Drawing since 1940

58 artists · 1 curator

Aug 06, 1987 – Dec 08, 1987

Surrealist Prints from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art

29 artists · 1 curator