Octave Maus [SEP] place of death
Octave Maus
Octave Maus (12 June 1856, Brussels – 26 November 1919, Brussels) was a Belgian art critic, writer, and lawyer.
Maus worked with fellow writer/lawyer Edmond Picard, and they together with Victor Arnould and Eugène Robert founded the weekly "L'Art moderne" in 1881.
In 1884 Maus was elected the secretary of the recently formed Les XX, and his responsibilities included the organization of the annual exhibitions.
In 1893 Maus advocated the dissolution of Les XX. In 1894 he founded
Whistler, who had exhibited in "Les XX" in 1884. His influence as a portrait painter can be seen in van Rysselberghe's portrait of "Octave Maus as a dandy" (1885). Van Rysselberghe would paint several portraits of Octave Maus and his wife between 1883 and 1890.
Biography Second trip to Morocco.
In November 1883 he left again, together with Frantz Charlet, for Tanger. During his stay of one year, he was in constant correspondence with Octave Maus, urging him to accept several new