![]() ![]() This proposal aims to explore an unknown aspect of the artist, tied to his thought and (para)scientific knowledge. Even if he was not included among the esoteric artists and he did not take part in Rosicrucian ventures, his complex personality, the richness of his relations, together with his deep culture and the Wagnerism, lead nowadays scholars to the urge of examining his work in the widest manner. While his cultural relationships are in part investigated, together with his collaborations, less has been said about his thought and his aesthetics, usually dismissed as pre-expressionistic or expression of an alienated one. ![]() ![]() Even if at his time he was acclaimed as a genial artist and received a very good success in France, Belgium and Italy, he suffered a kind of damnatio 6 memoriae. Magnetism and mesmerism in Henry de Groux: Reflections from some inedited notes and correspondence in his work Laura Fanti (Université Libre de Bruxelles) The art of the Belgian artist Henry de Groux (1866-1930) is a recent discovery. ![]()
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