ARMAND RASSENFOSSE

Armand Rassenfosse is a resident of Liege, therefore, presumably, a Belgian and a subject of the German Empire. But as stone walls do not always a prison make, so frontiers do not always mark the nationality of art and letters. Mr. Rassenfosse is distinctly French in his feeling and artistic point of view. Perhaps I should rather say Parisian, for it is of the Latin Quartier and the Beaux Arts that his work breathes. His designs are almost entirely of nude femininity and his method of expression the etching. He has made some eight or ten charming bits, full of life and chic—I was going to say, frou-frou, but that would be a misnomer, for his models are innocent of gowns or lingerie. Their spirit and beauty of execution is high, but as book-plate designs—well, it’s a bit like champagne for breakfast.

Alex. von Winiwarter
Alfred Lavachery, 1890
M. R. (Marie Rassenfosse)
A. R. (Armand Rassenfosse)
Alb. Mockel
H. v. W. (Hans von Winiwarter)
Three designs without names
D’Alb. Neuville