Félicien Rops

(1833–1898) belgisk konstnär

Félicien Rops (Flanders/Belgium, 1833–1898) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a draughtsman, a photographer, and a designer. By year of birth, Félicien Rops belongs to the chapter ‘Realism’ in this site’s history of art.

Félicien Rops was born in Namur and died in Essonnes. Félicien Rops worked in Paris. Wikidata associates Félicien Rops with Symbolism and Decadent movement. Félicien Rops became a member of Les XX.

The best-known works include ‘Bust of a Woman Wearing a Lorgnette around her Neck’, ‘Le Val du Coléby, à Freyr, près de la Meuse’, ‘The Temptation of St Anthony’, and ‘Pornocrates’. The catalogue has 52 works by Félicien Rops with free images. The dated works span the years 1850–1900. Works by Félicien Rops are held by several collections, among them National Gallery of Art, Musea Brugge, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, and Prints in the National Gallery of Art. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Louis Dubois, Euphrosine Beernaert, Constantin Meunier, Léopold Flameng, and Viktor av Hohenlohe-Langenburg.

• Realism
• Damen med grisen