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Felicien Rops

By Patrick Bade

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Felicien Rops (1833-1898) is a very surprising artist. Engraver and drawer of exception, Felicien Rops captures and anticipates, with astonishing talent, the female body with great modernity. Abandoning the conventional forms of the time, the artist creates a world full of humour, tenderness and, at times, insolence for the jubilation of the spectator's eye. Many of Rops' most famous works dealt with erotic and sensual themes, often depicting nudes or scenes of debauchery. He also frequently incorporated elements of the supernatural and the macabre, such as skeletons or demons, into his works. Some of his pieces were overtly political or social in nature, often criticizing the hypocrisy of the Church or the bourgeoisie. Overall, Rops' art is complex, multifaceted, and often confrontational. It challenged societal norms and pushed the boundaries of what was considered acceptable in art during his time.

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11. Photograph of Félicien Rops, 1879.

22. Self-portrait, ca. 1860, pencil drawing, 16,2 x 11,2 cm.

33. Don Juan’s Greatest Love, 1879. Pencil drawing, 24,2 x 16,5 cm.

44. Gustave Moreau, Salome tatooe, 1876. Gustave Moreau Museum, Paris.

55. Munch, Puberty, 1894. Oil on canvas, 151,5 x 110 cm, National Gallery of Norway, Oslo.

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66. Edgar Degas, Woman with a towel, 1898. Pastel, 95,4 x 75,5 cm. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

77. The Model, ca. 1864. Charcoal, watercolour and gouache, 28,5 x 22 cm, Brussels.

88. Edgar Degas, Miss Lala at the Cirque Fernando, 1879. Oil on canvas, 117 x 77.5 cm, National Gallery, London.

99. Gustave Courbet, Sleep, 1866. Oil on canvas. Petit Palais, Paris.

1010. The Row, 1874. Watercolour, 70 x 49 cm, private collection, Brussels.

1112. The Puppet Mistress, ca. 1883-1885. Watercolour and coloured pencil, 38.5 x 26.5 cm, Felicien Rops Museum, Namur, Belgium.

1215. The Temptation of Saint Anthony, 1878. Couloured pencil, 73,8 x 54,3 cm, Brussels.

1316. Pornocrates, 1878. Watercolour, pastel and gouache, 75 x 48 cm, Namur.

1417. Munch, The Cry, 1893. Oil and pastel on board, 91 x 73.5 cm. National Gallery of Norway, Oslo.

1518. Edouard Manet, The Brandy, ca. 1877-78. Oil on canvas, 73,6 x 50,2 cm, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.

1619. The Absinthe Drinker, 1876. Heliogravure, 38,4 x 25 cm, Felicien Rops Museum, Namur, Belgium.

1720. Edgar Degas, In a Café, also called The Absinthe-Drinker, 1875-76. Oil on canvas, 92 x 68 cm, Musée d’Orsay, Paris.

1821. L’Amour Mouché, 1878-1881. Sketch in the collection: Cent légers croquis pour réjouir les honnêtes gens, 21.8 x 14.8 cm, Namur.

1922. Cherub’s Song, 1878-1881. Sketch in the collection: Cent légers croquis pour réjouir les honnêtes gens, 22 x 15 cm. Namur.

2023. The Scales at Cythera, 1871-1881. Frontispiece for the sixth set of ten poems in the collection: Cent légers croquis pour réjouir les honnêtes gens, watercolour and black pencil, 22 x 15 cm. Namur.

2124. The Love Fair, 1885. Pencil and watercolour, 27 x 20,5 cm. Felicien Rops Museum, Namur, Belgium.

2225. Love through the Ages, 1885. Drawing used as an illustration for Octave Uzanne’s Son Altesse la femme, (Paris, 1885), 30,5 x 23,6 cm. Namur.

2326. The Incantation, ca. 1878. This drawing also known as The Alchemist featured in Son Altesse la femme by Octave Uzanne (Paris, 1885), 32 x 18 cm. Namur.

2427. The Great Lyre, 1887. Frontispiece for Stéphane Mallarmé Poésies (Paris, 1887). Heliogravure, 21.7 x 14,7 cm. Felicien Rops Museum, Namur, Belgium.

2529. Medical illustration of Secondary Syphilis. Authors collection.

2630. Parodie Humaine, 1878-1881. Sketch in the collection: Cent légers croquis pour réjouir les honnêtes gens, 22 x 14,5 cm. Namur.

2731. Le Rideau Cramoisi, 1879. Pencil and gouache, 24,9 x 17,9 cm. Brussels.

2832. Sentimental Initiation, 1887. Pencil and watercolour, 29,2 x 18,2 cm. Louvre Museum. Paris.

2933. Naturalia, ca. 1875. Watercolour, pencil and gouache, 27 x 19,5 cm. Brussels.

3034. Death at the Ball, ca. 1865-75. Oil on canvas, 151 x 85 cm. Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo.

3135. Dancing Death, ca. 1865. Pencil and white chalk, 25 x 13 cm, Felicien Rops Museum, Namur, Belgium.

3236. Les Diaboliques: The Sphynx, 1879. Illustration for Jules Barbey d’Aurevilly’s Les Diaboliques (Paris, 1884). Pencil and watercolour, 25 x 18 cm. Brussels.

3337. Epidemies, Endemies, 1870. Ink, 15.5 x 23.5 cm. Brussels.

3438. The Librarian, ca. 1878-80. Pencil and gouache, 22 x 14.5 cm. Namur.

3539. Two Friends, ca. 1880-90. Watercolour, 30,5 x 21 cm. Namur.

3640. Prehistoric Love, ca. 1878. Coloured pencil, gouache and watercolour, 30.5 x 23.6 cm. Namur.

3741. The Right to Work - The Right to Rest, ca. 1868. Mixed technique. Brussels.

3842. In the Wings, ca. 1879-1881. Coloured pencil, pastel and watercolour, 22 x 14.5 cm. Collection privée, Brussels.

3943. Nubility, ca. 1878-1890. Print with drawing in the margin, 39 x 30.5 cm. Brussels.

4044. Sunday at Bougival, 1876. Oil on paper mounted on weed, 44 x 66 cm. Felicen Rops Museum, Namur, Belgium.

4145. Sailors’ Dive, 1875. Watercolour, pastel and gouache, 60.5 x 46.5 cm. Namur, Belgium.

4246. The Dressing, ca. 1878-1881. Watercolour, coloured pencil, 22 x 14.5 cm. Paris.

4347. The Christ’s Lover (l’Amante du Christ), 1888. Pencil, 39 x 26 cm. Brussels.

4448. Les Diaboliques: A un dîner d’Athées (Dinner for Atheists), 1879. Pencil, 24.4 x 18.5 cm. Brussels.