Félicien Rops
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Belgian artist (1833-1898)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1833-07-07 ) 7 July 1833, Namur , Belgium
- Died
- 23 August 1898 (1898-08-23) (aged 65), Essonnes , France
- Known for
- Print making , intaglio , illustrations, drawing, painting
- Notable work
- Pornocrates , Les Sataniques , Les Diaboliques
- Movement
- Symbolism , Decadent movement , Fin de siècle
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Victor
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Belgium
- Place of birth
- Namur
- Occupation
- etcher
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Field of work
- erotic art
- Movement
- Decadent movement
- Image
- Félicien Rops (photo).jpeg
- Work location
- Paris
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- has works in the collection
- Van Gogh Museum
- Commons category
- Félicien Rops
- date of birth
- 1833-01-01
- Commons Creator page
- Félicien Rops
- member of
- Les XX
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons gallery
- Félicien Rops
- writing language
- French
- start of work period
- 1852-01-01
- end of work period
- 1898-01-01
- name in native language
- Félicien Rops
- pseudonym
- Spor
- date of death
- 1898-01-01
- place of burial
- Mettet
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Works in European collections
13 objects attributed to Félicien Rops, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Félicien Victor Joseph Rops ( French: [felisjɛ̃ viktɔʁ ʒozɛf ʁɔps]; 7 July 1833 – 23 August 1898) was a Belgian artist associated with Symbolism, Decadence, and the Parisian fin de siècle, and was a member of the Les XX group. He was a painter, illustrator, caricaturist and a prolific and innovative print maker, particularly in intaglio (etching and aquatint). Although not well known to the general public and initially sought after as a pornographer, Rops was greatly respected by his bohemian peers and actively pursued and celebrated as an illustrator by the publishers, authors, and poets of his time. He provided frontispieces and illustrations for works by Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, Charles Baudelaire, Charles De Coster, Théophile Gautier, Joris-Karl Huysmans, Stéphane Mallarmé, Joséphin Péladan, Paul Verlaine, Voltaire, and many others. Best known today for his prints and drawings illustrating erotic and occult literature of the period, he also produced oil paintings including landscapes, seascapes, and occasional genre paintings. Rops is recognized as a pioneer of Belgian comics.
Biography
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