Félicien Rops
1833 (Namur) / 1898 (Corbeil-Essonnes)
"Adopting the old concept of the Middle Ages, that man floats between Good and Evil, struggles between God and the Devil, between Purity which is of divine essence and Lust which is the Devil himself. M. Félicien Rops, with the soul of a primitive in reverse, has accomplished the opposite of Memling; he has penetrated, summarized Satanism in admirable plates which are as inventions, as symbols, as incisive and nervous art, ferocious and distressed, truly unique."
© Article by Joris-Karl Huysmans, From a text published in 1889. Art absolument n°27, January 2009.
"Adopting the old concept of the Middle Ages, that man floats between Good and Evil, struggles between God and the Devil, between Purity which is of divine essence and Lust which is the Devil himself. M. Félicien Rops, with the soul of a primitive in reverse, has accomplished the opposite of Memling; he has penetrated, summarized Satanism in admirable plates which are as inventions, as symbols, as incisive and nervous art, ferocious and distressed, truly unique."
© Article by Joris-Karl Huysmans, From a text published in 1889. Art absolument n°27, January 2009.
Artist's exhibitions
Franta. Humains
06/12/2018 - 05/02/2019
(Anvers) Museum de Reede
06/12/2018 - 05/02/2019
(Anvers) Museum de Reede
Vous avez dit Félicien Rops !?
24/09/2016 - 16/12/2016
(Le Creusot ) L'arc – scène nationale
24/09/2016 - 16/12/2016
(Le Creusot ) L'arc – scène nationale
Rops / Fabre. Facing Time
14/03/2015 - 30/08/2015
(Namur) Musée Félicien Rops
14/03/2015 - 30/08/2015
(Namur) Musée Félicien Rops
L’Ange du bizarre – le romantisme noir, de Goya à Max Ernst
05/03/2013 - 23/06/2013
(Paris) Musée d'Orsay
05/03/2013 - 23/06/2013
(Paris) Musée d'Orsay
Pour rire ! Daumier, Gavarni, Rops; l’invention de la silhouette
10/04/2011 - 18/09/2011
(L'Isle-Adam) Musée d'art et d'histoire Louis Senlecq
10/04/2011 - 18/09/2011
(L'Isle-Adam) Musée d'art et d'histoire Louis Senlecq