1833 - 1898
Félicien Victor Joseph Rops (7 July 1833 – 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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Félicien Rops has received more than 388,719 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Félicien Rops is the 277th most popular painter (up from 355th in 2019), the 101st most popular biography from Belgium (up from 129th 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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Among painters, Félicien Rops ranks 277 out of 1,421. Before him are Jacques Callot, Balthus, Martin Schongauer, Paul Delaroche, James Tissot, and Norman Rockwell. After him are Carlo Crivelli, Vilhelm Hammershøi, Jacopo Bassano, Joachim Patinir, Félix Vallotton, and Salvator Rosa.
1592 - 1635
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 271
1908 - 2001
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 272
1450 - 1491
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 273
1797 - 1856
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 274
1836 - 1902
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 275
1894 - 1978
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 276
1833 - 1898
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 277
1430 - 1490
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 278
1864 - 1916
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 279
1510 - 1592
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 280
1480 - 1524
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 281
1865 - 1925
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 282
1615 - 1673
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 283
Among people born in 1833, Félicien Rops ranks 10. Before him are Wilhelm Dilthey, Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria, Benjamin Harrison, Élie Ducommun, Alfred von Schlieffen, and Ferdinand von Richthofen. After him are Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Léon Bonnat, Edward Burne-Jones, Eugen Dühring, Charles George Gordon, and Kido Takayoshi. Among people deceased in 1898, Félicien Rops ranks 15. Before him are Ivan Shishkin, Johann Jakob Balmer, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, John Newlands, Charles Garnier, and Aubrey Beardsley. After him are Heungseon Daewongun, Henry Bessemer, Syed Ahmad Khan, William Ewart Gladstone, Eleanor Marx, and Theodor Fontane.
1833 - 1911
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 4
1833 - 1896
HPI: 70.99
Rank: 5
1833 - 1901
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 6
1833 - 1906
HPI: 69.77
Rank: 7
1833 - 1913
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 8
1833 - 1905
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 9
1833 - 1898
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 10
1833 - 1918
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 11
1833 - 1922
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 12
1833 - 1898
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 13
1833 - 1921
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 14
1833 - 1885
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 15
1833 - 1877
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 16
1832 - 1898
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 9
1825 - 1898
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 10
1824 - 1898
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 11
1837 - 1898
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 12
1825 - 1898
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 13
1872 - 1898
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 14
1833 - 1898
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 15
1820 - 1898
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 16
1813 - 1898
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 17
1817 - 1898
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 18
1809 - 1898
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 19
1855 - 1898
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 20
1819 - 1898
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 21
Among people born in Belgium, Félicien Rops ranks 101 out of 1,019. Before him are Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (1350), Philippe de Champaigne (1602), Auguste Beernaert (1829), Émile Verhaeren (1855), Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Duchess of Bourbon (1673), and Peyo (1928). After him are Gilles Binchois (1400), Joachim Patinir (1480), Gerard de Ridefort (1141), Eugène Ysaÿe (1858), Paul Delvaux (1897), and Frans Snyders (1579).
1350 - 1405
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 95
1602 - 1674
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 96
1829 - 1912
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 97
1855 - 1916
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 98
1673 - 1743
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 99
1928 - 1992
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 100
1833 - 1898
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 101
1400 - 1460
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 102
1480 - 1524
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 103
1141 - 1189
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 104
1858 - 1931
HPI: 62.76
Rank: 105
1897 - 1994
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 106
1579 - 1657
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 107
Among painters born in Belgium, Félicien Rops ranks 17. Before him are Petrus Christus (1410), Quentin Matsys (1466), Hubert van Eyck (1366), Jan Brueghel the Younger (1601), Pieter Claesz (1596), and Philippe de Champaigne (1602). After him are Joachim Patinir (1480), Paul Delvaux (1897), Frans Snyders (1579), Karel van Mander (1548), Adriaen Brouwer (1605), and David Teniers the Younger (1610).
1410 - 1475
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 11
1466 - 1530
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 12
1366 - 1426
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 13
1601 - 1678
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 14
1596 - 1660
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 15
1602 - 1674
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 16
1833 - 1898
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 17
1480 - 1524
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 18
1897 - 1994
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 19
1579 - 1657
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 20
1548 - 1606
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 21
1605 - 1638
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 22
1610 - 1690
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 23