Belgian artist Paul

Belgian artist #PaulDelvaux was wary of -isms, and refused to categorize his work despite others identifying him as a Surrealist on par with #ReneMagritte. Instead, he aimed for ‘poetic shock,’ incongruous visual narratives created by ‘putting heterogeneous but real things together in an unexpected way.’ In his painting ‘Femme à la rose’ (1936) – shown by @DiDonnaGalleries at #ArtBasel2019 – a woman leans down to pick a flower in a hallway, while another watches from a distance. ‘The perspective, which leads to an open window overlooking a mountain landscape, creates a masterfully deceptive composition that approaches total three-dimensionality,’ writes @BrooklynRail. #artbasel