What is Paul Delvaux?
{{Infobox artist | name = Paul Delvaux | image = Paul Delvaux 28 Janvier 1972.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Paul Delvaux signing autographs (1972) [[Brussels]], Belgium | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1897|9|23|}} | birth_place = [[Wanze|Antheit]], Belgium | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1994|7|20|1897|9|23|}} | death_place = [[Veurne]], Belgium | nationality = [[Belgium|Belgian]] | field = [[Painting]] | training = | movement = | works = | patrons = | awards = }} '''Paul Delvaux''' (23 September 1897 &ndash; 20 July 1994) was a [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[Painting|painter]]. He is known for his [[Surrealism]], famous for his paintings of female nudes. Delvaux was born in [[Antheit]]. The young Delvaux took music lessons, studied Greek and Latin, and read the fiction of [[Jules Verne]] and the poetry of [[Homer]]. He studied at the [[Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts]] in [[Brussels]]. He studied [[architecture]] because his parents did not want him to be a painter. He went for his goal by taking painting classes taught by [[Constant Montald]] and [[Jean Delville]]. The painters [[Frans Courtens]] and [[Alfred Bastien]] also encouraged Delvaux. He completed about 80 paintings between 1920 and 1925.<ref>Carels et al., 2004, p. 53.</ref> 1925 was the year of his first solo exhibition. He was named director of the [[Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts]] in 1965. In 1982 the [[Paul Delvaux Museum]] opened in [[Saint-Idesbald]]. Delvaux died in [[Veurne]] in 1994. ==References== {{Commons category}} {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Delvaux, Paul}} [[Category:1897 births]] [[Category:1994 deaths]] [[Category:Belgian painters]] [[Category:People from Liège (province)]]