His artistic ability was exceptional from an early age. As an adult, he lived mainly in the Brussels suburb of Forest, though he also spent some years in Paris, Rome, Glasgow, and London. The enthusiasm for such ideas reached its peak during the 1890s, the decade when the Belgian painter and writer Jean Delville (1867 -1953) was at the height of his powers.ĭelville was born in the Belgian town of Louvain, and moved to Brussels at the age of six. THE ESOTERIC, the occult, and the spiritual became subjects of absorbing interest during the last decades of the nineteenth century, as many in the West reacted to the materialism and hypocrisy of their age. "Jean Delville: Painting, Spirituality, and the Esoteric." Quest 90.3 (MAY - JUNE 2002): Originally printed in the May - June 2002 issue of Quest magazine.Ĭitation: Harris, Lynda.
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