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Rops, Félicien
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Connected
Details
Life dates
Namur, 1833 - Corbeil - Essonnes [F], 1898
Activity
1874 - 1878 Bruxelles then Paris
° 7.7.1833; + 22.8.1898. Painter and engraver. In 1857 he went on holiday to Ostend with Nadar, a caricature of whom he lithographed in 1856: "Nadar aîné". Several other works of his relate to photography: portrait of Charles Neyt as a cook, c. 1865; posters for [Charles] Neyt, c. 1862 and the Dandoy Frères studio, c. 1862; lithograph "Trinité photographique" (Ghémar, Dewasme, and Séverin), published in "Uylenspiegel" of 13.4.1856.
Founder member of the ABP. Friend of Armand Dandoy, with whom he conducted a correspondence in which he discussed (in 1878) the links between painting and photography. In the 1880s Rops reworked plates photoengraved by Bauwens using the Evely process (see that name).
° 7.7.1833; + 22.8.1898. Painter and engraver. In 1857 he went on holiday to Ostend with Nadar, a caricature of whom he lithographed in 1856: "Nadar aîné". Several other works of his relate to photography: portrait of Charles Neyt as a cook, c. 1865; posters for [Charles] Neyt, c. 1862 and the Dandoy Frères studio, c. 1862; lithograph "Trinité photographique" (Ghémar, Dewasme, and Séverin), published in "Uylenspiegel" of 13.4.1856.
Founder member of the ABP. Friend of Armand Dandoy, with whom he conducted a correspondence in which he discussed (in 1878) the links between painting and photography. In the 1880s Rops reworked plates photoengraved by Bauwens using the Evely process (see that name).
Locations
1874 - 1878 Bruxelles then Paris
Exhibitions
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Affiliated entity
Association belge de Photographie
Type of affiliation
Member of
Dates of affiliation
1874 - 1875
Description of relationship
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#3681
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 5.6.2018; SFJ revised 30.4.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght