{"id":31579,"date":"2018-10-12T11:40:20","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T15:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=31579"},"modified":"2018-10-12T15:55:43","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T19:55:43","slug":"homage-to-felicien-rops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2018\/10\/homage-to-felicien-rops.html","title":{"rendered":"Homage to F\u00e9licien Rops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><font size=5>&#8220;The evil which the curiosity about the past uncovers<br \/> marches in accelerating pursuit of the horrors lurking in the present . . . &#8220;<\/font><\/center><br \/>\n<center><em>That comment by Cyril Connolly refers to a very different work from these two studies<br \/> sketched by Gerard Bellaart for one of his paintings. But I can&#8217;t help thinking it applies here.<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_31857\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/GERARD-BELLAART-1-P1310284-use-this-copy.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31857\" data-attachment-id=\"31857\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2018\/10\/homage-to-felicien-rops.html\/gerard-bellaart-1-p1310284-use-this-copy\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/GERARD-BELLAART-1-P1310284-use-this-copy.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"640,390\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-TZ10&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1515109646&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"A study for the painting &amp;#8216;Homage to Rops&amp;#8217; \u00a9 by Gerard Bellaart\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size=2&gt;A Study for the painting &amp;#8216;Homage to Rops&amp;#8217; \u00a9 by Gerard Bellaart&lt;\/font&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/GERARD-BELLAART-1-P1310284-use-this-copy-300x183.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/GERARD-BELLAART-1-P1310284-use-this-copy.jpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/GERARD-BELLAART-1-P1310284-use-this-copy.jpeg\" alt title=\"A study for the painting &#039;'Jardin des supplices,' an homage to F\u00e9licien Rops&#039; \u00a9 2016 by Gerard Bellaart\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/GERARD-BELLAART-1-P1310284-use-this-copy.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/GERARD-BELLAART-1-P1310284-use-this-copy-300x183.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-31857\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><font size=2>A study for the painting &#8216;Jardin des supplices&#8217; \u00a9 2016 by Gerard Bellaart<\/font><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_31858\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/GERARD-BELLAART-P1310283-use-this-copy.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31858\" data-attachment-id=\"31858\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2018\/10\/homage-to-felicien-rops.html\/gerard-bellaart-p1310283-use-this-copy\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/GERARD-BELLAART-P1310283-use-this-copy.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"640,390\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-TZ10&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1515109636&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"GERARD BELLAART P1310283 use-this copy\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size=2&gt;A study for the painting &amp;#8216;Homage to Rops&amp;#8217; 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