I just came across the work of Félicien Rops, dandy parisian illustrator, friend of Baudelaire and Barbey d'Aurevilly. It made me think of Tanino Liberatore.
ROPS is born in Belgium ( Country of Namur)
He lived any years in Paris but remain Belgian.
Your blog is very interesting. Friendly and from Belgium ( not only the counrty of chocolate!)
Georges, thanks for pointing out Rops nationality. When I stumbled across his work the other evening, I google up some brief bio-notes and found out that he used to hang out in Paris, so I visualised him as one of the many artists that adopted paris.
For example, if I think of Modigliani I think of him in relation to Paris. despite country of origin. Obviously, this is clear only in my head...
So thanks again, and glad you find this blog interesting.
Posted by: ashley benigno at February 25, 2004 02:17 PM