Eugène Demolder

Eugène Demolder was born in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, near Brussels, on 16 December 1862. After studying law, he joined the Brussels bar and became a justice of the peace in 1897. In 1895 he married Claire, daughter of the engraver Félicien Rops, to whom he devoted a study. An art critic, he made the transposition of paintings the principle of his tales. Settled in France on the banks of the Seine, he was a friend of Alfred Jarry, with whom he wrote an opéra bouffe libretto. He died in Essonnes on 8 October 1919.

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• NovelLe jardinier de la PompadourEugène Demolder · 1904not translated into EnglishLiteraturePublic domain