"The Rose+Croix was an art movement, founded by Joseph Peladan, on religious,
mystical and allegorical themes. At it's first exhibition at the Durand-Ruel gallery
shown here, Toorop and De Feure were among those exhibiting. In 'Maitre de l'Affiche'
it is described this way: Purety has broken her terrestrial chains. Faith reaches
out to help her cross the steps of mystical flowers that lead to Heaven, while
ignorant Humanity, bogged down in a mire looks on so enviously" (Phillips
I) "Scwabe's meticulous, analytical draftsmanship lends a definite
meaning to each detail. Thus the flowers and plants he drew from nature at different
stages of their life, their budding, blossoming, and withering, appear as so many
symbolic correlatives of human existence. Haunted by the notions of virginal purity
and death, Schwabe's cold tones and themes are strange indeed"(The Symbolist
Generation)
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