Édouard Delvaux

Paysage bucolique, 1840s (wood, 32x24cm)

Édouard Delvaux (French: [dɛlvo]; Brussels, 1806 – Spa, 1862) was a Belgian Romantic painter. The grandson of the sculptor Laurent Delvaux and apprentice of the painter Henri Van Assche, his work mainly consisted of bucolic rural scenes from his many trips to France, Switzerland, Germany and Italy. He won silver medal at the 1836 Brussels exhibition and was director of the École de dessin at Spa.

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