- Eugene Demolder
Eugene Demolder (
December 16 ,1862 -October 8 ,1919 ) was a Belgianauthor . He is probably best known among English speakers for his romantic novel "Le jardinier de la Pompadour", ("Madame de Pompadour's Gardener"). A novelist, short story writer, and art critic he was also educated in law. His memoirs, "Sous la robe" ("Under the Robe"), offers a cultural view of the Belgian professional class of the late 19th century and its involvement in literary reform. (See alsocultural movements .) His use ofsymbolism and mastery of ambience sets his novels apart from earlier romance pieces.He was a member of "La Jeune Belgique" ("The Young Belgium"), a literary review journal which encouraged a literary renaissance movement of 19th century Belgium. This movement was influential in raising the national consciousness of Belgians, ushering in
modernism and discouraging romanticism. Demolder contributed to "La Jeune Belgique" as an art critic and published an early monograph on symbolist artist,James Ensor in 1892. Among his contemporaries were Emile Verhaeren, Max Sulzberger, Edouard Fetis.Demolder was born in Brussels, Belgium, December 16, 1862, and died in Essonne France, October 8, 1919.
List of Works
*"Le jardinier de la Pompadour", 1904, has been included in
Project Gutenberg
*"La Route d'emeraude" (1899; "The Emerald Road")
*"L'Espagne en Auto" (1906; "Spain by Auto")
*"La Legende d'Yperdamme" (1896)
*"Biography of Felicien Rops"
*"Sous la robe (Under the Robe)" 1897
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