
Paul DelvauxBelgien, 1897–1994Darf man es sehen?
New York City, Vereinigte Staaten
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1918–1994 · Wirkungsort
Brussels
January 1945
A major retrospective at the Palais des Beaux-Arts
In January a major retrospective of 57 large canvases opens at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. Public and critical reception is mixed, divided between admiration and incomprehension.
1947
A show at the Julien Levy Gallery in New York
The influential Julien Levy Gallery in New York mounts a show of Delvaux's paintings, well received by critics; however, two of the paintings are seized by customs as obscene, and one of them is damaged.
August 1947
A chance reunion with Tam in Saint-Idesbald
In a chance encounter at a newsstand in Saint-Idesbald he meets Tam again, and they resume their close relationship.
1948
Divorce and a move to be with Tam
Divorces his first wife, Suzanne, and moves with Tam to a temporary new home.