Belgian Symbolism
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
"Belgium was the focus of symbolism, where the work of Félicien Rops, Fernand Khnopff and William Degouve de Nuncques is noted. The first was a painter and graphic artist of great imagination, with a predilection for a theme centered on perversity and eroticism. Khnopff developed a dreamlike-allegorical theme of women transformed into angels or sphinxes, with disturbing atmospheres of great technical refinement. Degouve de Nuncques elaborated urban landscapes with a preference for nocturnal settings, with a dreamlike component precursor of surrealism: his work The Blind House (1892, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo) influenced René Magritte's The Empire of Lights (1954, Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels)."--Sholem Stein |
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Symbolism was a European movement, with emphasis on France and Belgium. The Belgian representatives included Jean Delville, William Degouve de Nuncques, Léon Spilliaert, Khnopff and the journalist Albert Mockel.
Literature
- Emile Verhaeren (1855–1916)
- Albert Giraud (1860–1929)
- Maurice Maeterlinck (1862–1949)
- Albert Mockel (1866–1945)
Painting
- Félicien Rops (1855–1898)
- Fernand Khnopff (1858–1921)
- Henry de Groux (1866 - 1930)
- Jean Delville (1867–1953)
- Léon Spilliaert (1882–1946)