Synopsis
Felicien Rops (1833-1898) led an existence and creative activity guided by his passions, audacities and torments. He moved to Paris at the age of 41, and was considered to be the best-paid illustrator in the city. All his artwork denounces the bourgeois hypocrisy, while at the same time transgressing the interests of his epoch, by celebrating eroticism, women, desire, the macabre and adventure. Rops was an excellent observer and painted attractive sea and landscapes, but especially his ironic, caricatural and sometimes indecent lithos and engravings were and still are very much appreciated by the public. This is proven by the success of the Felicien Rops Museum in Namur. Established since 1987 in a 19th Century bourgeois house in the heart of old Namur, today the Rops Museum houses over 3,000 of the artist's works, of which almost 300 are presented in the optimal conditions of preservation and security. This book peers over Rops' master works, approaching the different stages of his life and phases of creation. This guide is a perfect introduction to the life and works of Felicien Rops.
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About the Author
Bernadette Bonnier, graduate in art history and archaeology, is director of the Department of Culture of the province of Namur. Veronique Carpiaux, graduate in Romance philology, is curator of the Felicien Rops Museum.
From the Back Cover
Toen Félicien Rops op zijn eenenveertigste in Parijs ging wonen, werd hij reeds beschouwd als de best betaalde illustrator van de stad. De publicatie van zijn satirische litho's in België hadden het pad naar de grote afbraak geëffend. Toen hij ook nog het frontispice voor de bundel Epaves van Baudelaire mocht verzorgen, was zijn naam gemaakt. Rops was een uitstekend waarnemer en schilderde sfeervolle marines en landschappen, maar vooral zijn ironiserende, karikaturale en soms scabreuze schetsen, lithografieën en gravures waren en zijn nog steeds geliefd bij het publiek.
Dit wordt trouwens bewezen door het stijgende succes van het Musée Félicien Rops in Namen dat recent grondig werd gerenoveerd en op schitterende wijze werd uitgebreid. Naar aanleiding van de heropening verschijnt een volledig nieuwe, rijk geïllustreerde museumgids, waarin conservator Bernadette Bonnier uitgebreid stilstaat bij talloze hoogtepunten binn de diverse collecties. Naast het complete museumparcours vindt de lezer in deze gids ook de biografie van Rops terug.
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