The Awakening of the Forest
Paul Delvaux Belgian, 1897–1994 · 1939

The Awakening of the Forest

Paul Delvaux Belgian, 1897–1994

The Awakening of the Forest

1939

Paul Delvaux's 'The Awakening of the Forest' ('Le Réveil de la forêt', 1939) is a Belgian Surrealist landscape in which pale classical women walk among ancient trees and a distant Greek temple — Delvaux's dreamlike, frozen theatre that hovers between myth and modern psychology. Oil on canvas, Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibition Venue

Image source: Art Institute of Chicago

The Awakening of the Forest — Paul Delvaux Belgian, 1897–1994 | Museum Map