A change of style around 1933 reflects the influence of the metaphysical art of Giorgio de Chirico, which he had first encountered in 1926 or 1927. He completed some 80 paintings between 19, which was the year of his first solo exhibition.ĭelvaux's paintings of the late 1920s and early 1930s, which feature nudes in landscapes, are strongly influenced by such Flemish Expressionists as Constant Permeke and Gustave De Smet. The painters Frans Courtens and Alfred Bastien also encouraged Delvaux, whose works from this period were primarily naturalistic landscapes. Nevertheless, he pursued his goal, attending painting classes taught by Constant Montald and Jean Delville. He studied at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, albeit in the architecture department owing to his parents' disapproval of his ambition to be a painter. All of his work was to be influenced by these readings, starting with his earliest drawings showing mythological scenes. The young Delvaux took music lessons, studied Greek and Latin, and absorbed the fiction of Jules Verne and the poetry of Homer.
Delvaux was born in Wanze in the Belgian province of Liège, the son of a lawyer.
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