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Félicien Rops · 4e quart 19e siècle
Félicien Rops: 1833–1898
Other names (7)
Felician Rops, Félicien Joseph Victor Rops, Félicien Nys Rops, Felicien Rops, Félicien Victor Joseph Rops, felic. rops, William Lesley
Biography
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.
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Later influence
- Armand Rassenfosseeditorial inference
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- Louis Auguste Mathieu Legrandeditorial inference
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- Edvard Muncheditorial inference
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The biography identifies Rops's circulating prints as an influence on Munch. Explicit secondary-source assertion; independent historical verification remains pending.
- Max Beckmanneditorial inference
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The biography identifies Rops's circulating prints as an influence on Beckmann. Explicit secondary-source assertion; independent historical verification remains pending.
- Fernand Khnopffeditorial inference
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The biography identifies Rops's circulating prints as an influence on Khnopff. Explicit secondary-source assertion; independent historical verification remains pending.
- Max Klingereditorial inference
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The biography identifies Rops's circulating prints as an influence on Klinger. Explicit secondary-source assertion; independent historical verification remains pending.
- James Ensoreditorial inference
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The biography identifies Rops's circulating prints as an influence on Ensor. Explicit secondary-source assertion; independent historical verification remains pending.
- Alfred Kubineditorial inference
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The biography identifies Rops's circulating prints as an influence on Kubin. Explicit secondary-source assertion; independent historical verification remains pending.
- Lovis Corintheditorial inference
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The biography identifies Rops's circulating prints as an influence on Corinth. Explicit secondary-source assertion; independent historical verification remains pending.
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Museums & collections
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- musée d'art moderne et contemporain de Strasbourg — Strasbourg26 recorded works
- Art Institute of Chicago25 recorded works
- National Gallery of Art21 recorded works
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art17 recorded works
- The Cleveland Museum of Art8 recorded works
- Minneapolis Institute of Art3 recorded works
- musée des beaux-arts et d'archéologie — Besançon3 recorded works
- musée Ziem — Martigues2 recorded works