The exhibition
"De demain à Delvaux"

marks the inauguration of the temporary exhibition rooms in the Grand Curtius Museum, opening the way for the future of this Museum Complex. From his early work onwards, stations, trains and tramways are omnipresent in the art of the Belgian painter Paul Delvaux (Antheit,1897 - Saint-Idesbald,1994). The first part of the exhibition essentially concentrates on the 1920- 1930 period, featuring superb and unusual watercolours and sketches, in a style influenced by artists such as Monet or Turner. The second part of the exhibition, presents a series of canvas and panel paintings - some of them on a very large scale - which shed light on Delvaux’s departure from his old style, a period after which he went on to create his greatest masterpieces Scale models and pictures will illustrate Delvaux’s fascination with railways from childhood. The selected work includes pieces from Belgian and foreign museums, as well as private collections. Some of them are exhibited to the public for the first time.

With the invaluable collaboration of the Paul Delvaux Foundation in Saint-Idesbald.