And now, some work I've been agog to share. The fantastic imagination of Felicien Rops (1833-1898) makes his work feel almost contemporary. The Wikipedia entry on Rops is just ok. A MUCH better read:
A review of the Rops museum in Belgium.
Musee Felicien Rops is located in an 18th century residence and is dedicated to Felicien Rops, famous painter, engraver and illustrator born in Namur. In his works, you can quickly see his favorite subjects, - woman, love, passion, death and the devil....In 1856 he founded the satirical weekly Uylenspiegel, and this marked the true beginning of his artistic career. Rops’ main works were engravings and illustrations, but in his leisure time he created many beautiful paintings of women and soft landscapes. His major works were very strange, to say the least. He was a lover of the fantastic and the supernatural. Symbolic themes such as the devil, skeletons and death dominated his work. Many demonstrated his belief that women dominated men and the devil dominated women....
Possibly one of Rops best known pieces is Pornokrates (1858) a naked woman, blindfolded, wearing only black stockings, gloves and shoes, walking on a marble stage, being lead by a pig on a leash.....
Herewith that fabulous work and many more to delight you. I'll have to divide Rops into a few posts since his work is very widely catalogued. By the way - anyone notice the name of his satirical magazine (Uylenspiegel) is the same as the long-established NY SM organization (Eulenspiegel)? Interesting coincidence that both were influenced by the same legendary character. I guess kinky minds DO think alike - even across the centuries.
A little 19th century tentacle sex...
A couple of fascinating crucifixions....
An interesting form of hydro-therapy...
And a fabulously sinister female...
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