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Félicien Rops

1833 - 1898

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Félicien Victor Joseph Rops (French pronunciation: [felisjɛ̃ viktɔʁ ʒozɛf ʁɔps]; 7 July 1833 – 23 August 1898) was a Belgian artist associated with Symbolism, Decadence, and the Parisian fin de siècle. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Félicien Rops has received more than 415,514 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Félicien Rops is the 296th most popular painter (down from 277th in 2019), the 104th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 101st in 2019) and the 17th most popular Belgian Painter.

Félicien Rops is most famous for his erotic art, which often features sexually explicit imagery.

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  • 420k

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  • 63.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Félicien Rops ranks 296 out of 2,023. Before him are Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Carlo Crivelli, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Louis Wain, Jacopo Bassano, and Orazio Gentileschi. After him are Carlo Carrà, Horace Vernet, Pieter Claesz, Vilhelm Hammershøi, Masolino da Panicale, and Vasily Vereshchagin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1833, Félicien Rops ranks 12. Before him are Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria, Élie Ducommun, Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Alfred von Schlieffen, Ferdinand von Richthofen, and Edwin Booth. After him are Eugen Dühring, Léon Bonnat, Charles George Gordon, Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, Edward Burne-Jones, and Prince Gong. Among people deceased in 1898, Félicien Rops ranks 15. Before him are Louise of Hesse-Kassel, Johann Jakob Balmer, Charles Garnier, Ferdinand Cohn, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, and Eleanor Marx. After him are Theodor Fontane, John Newlands, Syed Ahmad Khan, Henry Bessemer, Aubrey Beardsley, and Heungseon Daewongun.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Félicien Rops ranks 104 out of 1,190. Before him are Jan Brueghel the Younger (1601), Marie José of Belgium (1906), Joachim Patinir (1480), Justus Lipsius (1547), Philippe de Champaigne (1602), and Gerard de Ridefort (1141). After him are Pieter Claesz (1596), Joseph Plateau (1801), Eugène Ysaÿe (1858), André Grétry (1741), Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Duchess of Bourbon (1673), and Gilles Binchois (1400).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Félicien Rops ranks 17. Before him are Quentin Matsys (1466), Paul Delvaux (1897), Hubert van Eyck (1366), Jan Brueghel the Younger (1601), Joachim Patinir (1480), and Philippe de Champaigne (1602). After him are Pieter Claesz (1596), Karel van Mander (1548), Frans Snyders (1579), Adriaen Brouwer (1605), Pieter Coecke van Aelst (1502), and David Teniers the Younger (1610).

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