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Art · Reflection
Jean Delville, Belgian Symbolist
4 January 2011
Jean Delville (January 19, 1867, Leuven – 1953) was a Belgian symbolist painter, writer, and occultist. He founded the Salon d’Art Idealiste, which is considered the Belgian equivalent to the Parisian Rose & Cross Salon and the Pre-Raphaelite movement in London.
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