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Marcel Delmotte (1901-1984)
He was a Belgian painter, draftsman, watercolorist and sculptor.
Initially a realist painter, he was influenced by the expressionism of the beginning of the century, before moving to the symbolic style and developing his large compositions with mysterious landscapes and futuristic architecture. One of his first paintings, "Le Agape" (1919), reproduces the arrangement of large Venetian scenes and the degraded plot of Gustave Moreau.
In the first half of his career, Delmotte was influenced by the models of the Italian Renaissance, Rubens or Ingres, and represented large, sculptural nudes, illustrating scenes from mythology, the Divine Comedy or the Bible.
Starting in the 1950s, Delmotte developed his own style with large Symbolist paintings depicting mysterious, jagged landscapes. Read the full biography

Marcel Delmotte (1901-1984)
He was a Belgian painter, draftsman, watercolorist and sculptor.
Initially a realist painter, he was influenced by the expressionism of the beginning of the century, before moving to the symbolic style and developing his large compositions with mysterious landscapes and futuristic architecture. One of his first paintings, "Le Agape" (1919), reproduces the arrangement of large Venetian scenes and the degraded plot of Gustave Moreau.
In the first half of his career, Delmotte was influenced by the models of the Italian Renaissance, Rubens or Ingres, and represented large, sculptural nudes, illustrating scenes from mythology, the Divine Comedy or the Bible.
Starting in the 1950s, Delmotte developed his own style with large Symbolist paintings depicting mysterious, jagged landscapes. Using the technique of "grattage" with a knife as the painter Max Ernst did in the 1920s, Delmotte created interesting textures highlighting a fantastical universe of eroded rocks and lush vegetation. The artist painted his landscape on multiple levels, taking up the entire space of the canvas, with rocky landscapes appearing to float on the horizon.
Marcel Delmotte has received numerous awards and recognitions during his career. He was made a Knight of the Order of Leopold II in 1939. He was awarded the Silver Medal of Belgian Painting in 1960. The same year, he was awarded the first Richard Dupierreux painting prize, followed by the first Chapman prize in 1965.
He has exhibited many times in the galleries of Charleroi and Brussels. In 1952, he participated in the Salon d'art libre in Paris. In 1964, the Casino of Spa organized a retrospective of his work, as did the Brachot Gallery in 1976.