Jean Delvin

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Self-portrait by Jean Delvin (1876)

Jean-Joseph Delvin (* 1853 in Ghent , Belgium ; † 1922 there ) was a Belgian painter. The focus of his paintings was primarily on animal motifs, especially horses.

Career

Jean-Joseph Delvin was born in Flanders during the reign of King Leopold I and grew up there. Nothing is known about his youth. After he had decided on a career as an artist, he began to attend the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent, where he studied under the artist Théodore-Joseph Canneel . In addition, he worked during this time in the studio of Jean-François Portaels in Brussels . André Cluysenaar and Jacques de Lalaing were among his fellow students. He later went on study trips to France and Spain . For many years he shared a small workshop in a garden shed with Gustave Den Duyts .

In 1883 he was invited to join the secessionist group Société des Vingt together with James Ensor , Fernand Khnopff , Théo van Rysselberghe and several others , from which he left a few years later, in 1886. He was also a member of La Libre Esthétique and Kunst van Heden in Antwerp . Around this time he began teaching at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent. From 1902 to 1913 he was director there. The following years were overshadowed by the First World War .

His many well-known students included Albert Baertsoen , Gustave de Smet , Frans Masereel and George Minne .

Works (selection)

Horses (1894)
Shrimp fishermen in Koksijde
  • Self-portrait , 1876
  • Horses , 1894
  • Shrimp fishermen in Koksijde

literature

  • Duizend jaar kunst en cultuur (Thousand Years of Art and Culture, exhibition catalog), Ghent, Museum of Fine Arts , 1975.
  • Le dictionnaire des peintres belges du XIVe siècle à nos jours, Brussels, 1994
  • Gisèle Ollinger-Zinque, Pierre Baudson, et al .: Les XX, La Libre Esthétique, Honderd jaar later (exhibition catalog), Brussels ( Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium ), 1993
  • De muren weten ervan (The walls know it, exhibition catalog), Gent, 1997
  • M. Tahon-Vanroose: De vrienden van Scribe (The Friends of Scribe, exhibition catalog), Gent (Museum of Fine Arts), 1998

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personal data
SURNAME Delvin, Jean
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Delvin, Jean-Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Ghent , Belgium
DATE OF DEATH 1922
Place of death Ghent , Belgium