Armand Rassenfosse [SEP] place of birth
Armand Rassenfosse
Armand Rassenfosse (6 August 1862 – 28 January 1934) was a largely self-taught Belgian graphic artist, book illustrator and painter.
His masterwork was a set of illustrations for Charles Baudelaire's "Les Fleurs du mal".
Early years.
Armand Rassenfosse was born in Liège on 6 August 1862. For generations his family had run a store selling home furnishings and decorative art works: crystal, porcelain, bronze and oriental rugs. Armand was expected to continue the family business. However,
's earlier work another writer said that in his advertisements he and others of the time "exploited the image of the sensuous, beautiful young woman ... in a serenely dreamy state ... the stylised embodiment of temptation..."
References.
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External links.
- Maurice Des Ombiaux "Quatre Artistes Liégeois. A. Rassenfosse, Fr. Maréchal, A. Donnay, Em. Berchmans", Brussel 1907.
- Nadine de Rassenfosse-Gilissen "Armand Rassenfosse peintre-graveur-dessinateur-affichiste"