Etching by Felicien Rops, Doctor Filleau, 1882

Etching by Felicien Rops, Doctor Filleau, 1882
Sight to mat: 9.625 inches x 11.75 inches
Total Dimensions: 17.5 inches x 21.875 inches

Felicien Victor Joseph Rops (7 July 1833 to 23 August 1898) was a Belgian artist associated with Symbolism and the Parisian Fin de Siecle. He was a painter, illustrator, caricaturist and a prolific and innovative print maker, particularly in intaglio (etching and aquatint). Although not well known to the general public, Rops was greatly respected by his peers and actively pursued and celebrated as an illustrator by the publishers, authors, and poets of his time. He provided frontispieces and illustrations for Jules Barbey d Aurevilly, Charles Baudelaire, Charles De Coster, Theophile Gautier, Joris Karl Huysmans, Stephane Mallarme, Josephin Peladan, Paul Verlaine, Voltaire, and many others. Best known today for his prints and drawings illustrating erotic and occult literature of the period, he also produced oil paintings including landscapes, seascapes, and occasional genre paintings. Rops is recognized as a pioneer of Belgian comics. (Wikipedia)
Condition Report: Good condition overall