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Paul Delvaux Biography
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1897 |
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Born on 23 September at Antheit, near Huy in Belgium
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1918 |
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Met Franz Courtens during the holiday he spent at Duinbergen
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1916 - 1919 |
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Enrolled at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels, in the architectural section. But finding problems with mathematics he gave up this course after a year
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1920 |
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Spent his afternoons at the Rouge-Cloître, at the edge of the Forêt de Soignes, where he painted many landscapes. There he met the painter Alfred Bastien who encouraged his ambition to be a painter
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1920 - 1921 |
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Carried out his military service from May 31, 1920 - June 18, 1921. In the evenings he followed the classes given by Jean Delville at the Brussels Academy. At the beginning of the ‘twenties he met Anne-Marie de Martelaere, nicknamed Tam. It was love at first sight.
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1923 |
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Exhibited for the first time at the Exposition de jeune peinture et jeune sculpture at the Brussels gallery of Georges Giroux from 20 to 31 January
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1936 |
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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
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1937 |
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Joined the Belgian Surrealists
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1938 |
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Given solo exhibitions at the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, and the London Gallery, the latter organized by E. L. T. Mesens and Roland Penrose
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1938 - 1939 |
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Visited Italy
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1944 - 1945 |
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First retrospective was held at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels
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1947 |
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Executed stage designs for Jean Genet’s Adame Miroire
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1950 - 1962 |
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Appointed professor at the Ecole Supérieure d’Art et d’Architecture in Brussels
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1965 |
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Retrospectives of his work were held at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille
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1965 - 1966 |
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Served as president and director of the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts of Belgium, and about this time he produced his first lithographs
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1969 |
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Retrospectives of his work were held at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris
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1973 |
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Retrospectives of his work were held at the Museum Boymans-van Beuningen in Rotterdam
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1973 |
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Awarded the Rembrandt Prize of the Johann Wolfgang Stiftung
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1975 |
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Retrospective was shown at the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo and the National Museum of Modern Art of Kyoto
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1977 |
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Became an associate member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts of France
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1994 |
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Died in Veurne, Belgium, on July 20
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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Cosas del Surrealismo - Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Bilbao
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2007
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Das grosse Finale - 49 Jahre - 9.12.1958 - 8.12.2007 - Galerie Brusberg Berlin, Berlin
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2007
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Peggy Guggenheim E L’immaginario Surreale - Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice
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2007
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25 years Brusberg Berlin - Galerie Brusberg Berlin, Berlin
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2007
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Sommergäste - Neuerwerbungen und Arbeiten aus dem Bestand (II) - Galerie Brusberg Berlin, Berlin
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2007
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Sommergäste - Neuerwerbungen und Arbeiten aus dem Bestand (I) - Galerie Brusberg Berlin, Berlin
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2007
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Surreal Things - Surrealism and Design - Victoria and Albert Museum - V&A, London (England)
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2007
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La colección Pierre y Maria-Gaetana Matisse en The Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York - Museo Picasso Málaga, Málaga
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2007
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Il Settimo Splendore - La modernità della malinconia - Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Palazzo Forti, Verona
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2007
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Fondation Beyeler: EROS in der Kunst der Moderne - BA-CA Kunstforum Wien, Vienna
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2007
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A New Key: Modern Belgian Art from the Simon Collection - McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
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2006
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Das Geheimnis der Frau - Paul Delvaux und der Surrealismus - Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld (solo)
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2006
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Memento Mori - Mireille Mosler Ltd., New York City, NY
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2006
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Surrealism: Then and Now - Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York City, NY
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2006
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EROS in der Kunst der Moderne - Foundation Beyeler, Riehen
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2006
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Ensor and the avantgardes by the sea - Museum Voor Moderne Kunst (PMMK), Oostende
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2006
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Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium Exhibition - NMWA The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
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2006
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Classics - Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere
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2006
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Auktion 22 - Lehr - Auktionshaus und Galerie, Berlin
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2005
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Il surrealismo di Delvaux tra Magritte e De Chirico - Palazzo Bricherasio, Turin
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2005
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Auktion 21 - Lehr - Auktionshaus und Galerie, Berlin
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2004
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The Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Collection - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY
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2004
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Andererseits - Die Phantastik - Landesgalerie am Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseum, Linz
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2004
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A century of belgian painting - Frissiras Museum, Athens
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2004
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La ciudad que nunca existió. Arquitecturas fantásticas en el arte occidental - Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Bilbao
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2004
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Prints from the collections of the Turku Art Museum - Turku Art Museum, Turku
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2004
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Il nudo fra ideale e realtà - Galleria d´Arte Moderna di Bologna - GAM, Bologna
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2003
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Die Sammlung Wald - Glanzstücke der Malerei des 20. Jahrhunderts - Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
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2003
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A Singular Vision: The Melvin Blake and Frank Purnell Legacy - MFA - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
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2001
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Surrealism: Desire Unbound - Tate Modern, London (England)
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2000
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Cosmos - From Goya to De Chirico from Friedrich to Kiefer - Palazzo Grassi, Venice
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1999
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Paul Delvaux - Acuarelas y Dibujos - Museu d´Art Espanyol Contemporani (Fundación Juan March), Palma de Mallorca (solo)
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1998
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Paul Delvaux - Fundación Juan March, Madrid (solo)
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1998
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Forma y Figuración - Obras maestras de la Colección Blake-Purnell - Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Bilbao
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1995
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46th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale / Biennale di Venezia - La Biennale di Venezia, Venice
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1992
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Adam & Eve - Museum of Modern Art Saitama, Saitama
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1989
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Open Mind (Gesloten Circuits) - SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent
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1989
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Paul de Vaux - Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich (solo)
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1982
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In Our Time: Houston’s Contemporary Arts Museum 1948–1982 - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX
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1969
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Ensor - Delvaux - Magritte - Galerie Gmurzynska - Köln, Cologne
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1959
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documenta 2 - Documenta, Kassel
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1958
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Paintings from the Urvater Collection - Tate Britain, London (England)
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1958
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The Disquieting Muse: Surrealism - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX
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1953
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5th Anniversary Exhibition
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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
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