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1858 Grembergen, Termonde, Belgium - 1921 Brussels, Belgium. Known for: Symbolist painting, sculpture, design, book illustration, photography, writing.
The foremost Belgian Symbolist* painter, and arguably the only one to achieve an international reputation, Fernand-Edmond Khnopff enrolled as a law student at the University of Brussels in 1875.... Read full biography
The foremost Belgian Symbolist* painter, and arguably the only one to achieve an international reputation, Fernand-Edmond Khnopff enrolled as a law student at the University of Brussels in 1875. However, inspired by art lessons in the studio of the painter Xavier Mellery, he abandoned his... Read full biography
The foremost Belgian Symbolist* painter, and arguably the only one to achieve an international reputation, Fernand-Edmond Khnopff enrolled as a law student at the University of Brussels in 1875. However, inspired by art lessons in the studio of the painter Xavier Mellery, he abandoned his university career and entered the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, where his fellow students included James Ensor and Jean Delville. At the Paris Exposition Universelle* of 1878 he came across the... Read full biography
The foremost Belgian Symbolist* painter, and arguably the only one to achieve an international reputation, Fernand-Edmond Khnopff enrolled as a law student at the University of Brussels in 1875. However, inspired by art lessons in the studio of the painter Xavier Mellery, he abandoned his university career and entered the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, where his fellow students included James Ensor and Jean Delville. At the Paris Exposition Universelle* of 1878 he came across the work of Gustave Moreau and Edward Burne-Jones, both of whom were to be particular influences on his own style. Khnopff continued his training in Paris, where he attended classes at the Académie Julian. Like Moreau, Khnopff was drawn to Symbolism in... Read full biography
The foremost Belgian Symbolist* painter, and arguably the only one to achieve an international reputation, Fernand-Edmond Khnopff enrolled as a law student at the University of Brussels in 1875. However, inspired by art lessons in the studio of the painter Xavier Mellery, he abandoned his university career and entered the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, where his fellow students included James Ensor and Jean Delville. At the Paris Exposition Universelle* of 1878 he came across the work of Gustave Moreau and Edward Burne-Jones, both of whom were to be particular influences on his own style. Khnopff continued his training in Paris, where he attended classes at the Académie Julian. Like Moreau, Khnopff was drawn to Symbolism in his work as a painter and draughtsman. He first exhibited with the L’Essor circle of artists in Brussels in 1881, and two years later was a found... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Costume Design
- •Decorative Art, Decoration Design, Ornamental Arts
- •Drawing, Draftsmanship, Draughtsman
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Landscape With Buildings
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Symbolism, Iconography, Ceremonial
Art School
- •Academie Royale des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Student
Added Description
- •Book Illustration, Cover and/or Jacket Design
Art Movement
- •Munich Secession
- •Vienna Secession, Union of Austrian Artists
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Paris Salons