Fernand Khnopff

(1858–1921) Belgian painter (1858–1921)

Fernand Khnopff (Flanders/Belgium, 1858–1921) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a sculptor, a draughtsman, and a photographer. By year of birth, Fernand Khnopff belongs to the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’ in this site’s history of art.

Fernand Khnopff was born in Grembergen and died in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode. Fernand Khnopff trained at Université libre de Bruxelles, Académie Julian, and Ghent University. Wikidata associates Fernand Khnopff with Symbolism. Fernand Khnopff became a member of Les XX.

The best-known works include ‘I lock my door upon myself’, ‘Incense’, and ‘Portrait of Marie Monnom’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 27 works by Fernand Khnopff with free images. The dated works span the years 1883–1912. Works by Fernand Khnopff are held by several collections, among them Kungliga museet för sköna konster i Belgien, Collection Gillion Crowet, Musée d’Orsay, and Rijksmuseum. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Gerard Jozef Portielje, Berthe Art, Richard Bergh, Philippe Wolfers, and Nils Kreuger.

• Post-Impressionism and Symbolism
• Jeanne Kéfer
• The Sphinx, or, The Caresses
• I lock my door upon myself
• Portrait of Marguerite Khnopff