On this day, 128 years ago, on September 23, 1897 (August 27, 1897 in the lunar calendar), Belgian painter Paul Delvo was born. Paul Delvaux (September 23, 1897-July 20, 1994) was a Belgian painter famous for his surrealist paintings of naked women. Paul Delvaux (1897-1994) was born in Andet, Belgium. He has long explored his artistic path. Until around 1935, he lingered between Neo-Impressionism and Expressionism. During this period, the dual influence of Georges de Chirico and Né Magritte not only made him understand his situation, but also prompted him to join the Surrealists. From then on, his purpose was no longer to recreate the external world and record real images of it, but to discover the intimate and secret aspects of his own life. Objective reality only interests him when it serves as his dream environment. It is in the dream that a strange encounter between places and characters occurs. Whether it is the relationship between them or the contrast between them, it becomes often sad poetry. Temples, moon cities, roads or public squares, unfurnished rooms, in these environments, we see the same type of women. They are young and beautiful, sometimes naked, sometimes wearing clothes inlaid with lace and leaves, or long pleated skirts. This kind of character always lingers in the painter's mind. All of his works, except for a few sketches, satisfy his needs to be close to an ideal person. Due to the abnormal and inverted situation, this ideal figure seemed to be chasing him and failed to join him. Surrealism, a movement of liberation that mobilizes instinct and subconscious, differs greatly in its expression methods and painting techniques depending on the situation of painters who call themselves members of this group. Delvo's style is much more realistic than Max Ernst or Joanne Miro, and is similar to Kiriko. However, Kiriko's skills are blunt, unpretentious, and deliberately draws pitifully; Delvo was a lyrical poet who strictly adhered to the love of his Flemish ancestors for harmonious shapes. He painted very carefully, but too many details, short stories, and over-processed backgrounds sometimes distracted his love for bright colors. Some very beautiful watercolors make his art more complete, so to speak of classicism in methodology and surrealism in ideology. Comment: The most beautiful thing is the human body.