Felicien Rops Laboratory of DesiresA master of Belgian Symbolism, rediscovered. Flicien Ropss (183398) erotic works remain provocative todayin the nineteenth century, they transgressed every boundary of art. With a keen eye and a sharp pen, Rops exposed the hypocrisies of the respectable middle class. I am Rops, and I wish to be no other! he declared and adhered to this maxim throughout his life. The most poisonous berry of Symbolism, a scourge of the bourgeoisiemany terms have been