Modernity

Prints and Drawings

1883

Félicien Rops
Belgian, 1833-1898

The Symbolist artist Félicien Rops created idiosyncratic artworks alongside Gustave Moreau and the writers Charles Baudelaire and Oscar Wilde. In Modernity, a smirking female allegory for Modernism holds a platter bearing the severed head of the Academy. Her pose clearly refers to the story of Salomé, which would have been familiar to most educated viewers of the time. Her attire represents the latest Parisian style. Other examples of highly fashionable hats are worn by figures in the print Hodgepodge, which documents the wildly varying modish designs seen in the streets of Paris.

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Félicien Rops
Title: Modernity
Place: Belgium (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1883
Medium: Drypoint on cream wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 18.9 × 12.9 cm (7 1/2 × 5 1/8 in.); Plate: 20 × 13.8 cm (7 7/8 × 5 7/16 in.); Sheet, folded: 44.4 × 34.8 cm (17 1/2 × 13 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: The Charles Deering Collection
Reference Number: 1927.6281
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