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Article: Obituary: Paul Delvaux
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- July 21, 1994
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Paul Delvaux, painter; born Antheit, Belgium 23 September 1897;
twice married; died Furnes, Belgium 20 July 1994.
"THE POETRY is in the painting" is a saying that might be
applied to the whole of Paul Delvaux's work. This Belgian master
whose creative life spanned the century declared himself to be a
poet in paint. His steady production passed through brief phases of
Neo-Impressionism, Expressionism and Surrealism before he found his
unique style and vision, which rejected all "isms". His peculiar
interpretation of human existence was drawn from a deep and
inexhaustible well of memories reaching back mostly to adolescence,
childhood and infancy. He said: "Youthful impressions, fixed once ...