Jean-Joseph Delvin (1853 - 1922)
Jean-Joseph Delvin
Jean-Joseph Delvin was a Belgian painter who specialized in scenes with animals (primarily horses). He attended the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent, where he studied under Théodore-Joseph Canneel, and worked in the studios of Jean Portaels in Brussels. Later, he undertook 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 Les XX, but he resigned only a few years later in 1886. He was also a member of La Libre Esthétique and Kunst van Heden (Art for Today) in Antwerp. At about that time, he began teaching at the Academy in Ghent and later became its Director (1902–1913). Among his many well-known students there were Albert Baertsoen, Gustave De Smet, Frans Masereel, George Minne and Frits Van den Berghe.
| Date and place of birt: | 7 june 1853, Gent, Belgium |
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| Date and place of death: | 11 april 1922, Gent, Belgium |
| Nationality: | Belgium |
| Period of activity: | XIX, XX century |
| Specialization: | Animalist, Artist, Genre painter, Landscape painter, Marine painter, Painter, Portraitist |
| Genre: | Animalistic, Genre art, Landscape painting, Marine art, Portrait, Self-portrait |
| Art style: | Realism |
| Technique: | Gouache, Chalk, Oil, Oil on canvas, Oil on panel, Pastel, Watercolor |
