Karel de Nerée tot Babberich

De Nerée's literary writings and art work were very much inspired by decadent and symbolist authors such as Charles Baudelaire, Paul Verlaine or Gabriele d'Annunzio, and artists such as de Feure, Goya, Johan Thorn Prikker, and Jan Toorop.

De Nerée also inspired Van Booven to write his volume of (prose) poems Witte Nachten ('White Nights', 1901) and the novel Tropenwee ('Tropical Agony', 1904), the latter being a Conrad-like report of his traumatic visit to the Belgian Congo.

[1] In his turn Van Booven gave De Nerée The Early Work (1899) by Aubrey Beardsley.

The themes, usually 'femmes fatales' or clownesque figures, gold nuances and symbolism of these works often recall associations with the best wor He is one of the few 'decadent' Dutch representatives[3] of the European symbolist movement.

A selection of his works: Media related to Karel de Nerée tot Babberich at Wikimedia Commons