Alexandru Bogdan-Pitești
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Alexandru Bogdan-Pitești was a Romanian Symbolist poet, essayist, and art and literary critic, who was also known as a journalist and left-wing political agitator. A wealthy landowner, he invested his
Anonymous sketch of Bogdan-Pitești, 1917 (signed Correggio)
Nicolae Petrescu-Găină's caricature of C. I. Stăncescu, original watercolor
Photograph of Bogdan-Pitești (left) and Joséphin Péladan, during the latter's visit to Bucharest
Nicolae Vermont's Vara la conac ("Summer at the Manor"), a 1912 depiction of Bogdan-Pitești's estate
Joséphin Péladan
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Joséphin Péladan was a French novelist and Rosicrucian who later briefly joined the Martinist order led by Papus. His father was a journalist who had written on prophecies, and professed an esoteric-a
Alexandru Bogdan-Pitești
…support for anarchism, was dedicated to activism and support for revolution. He also had an interest in the occult, and maintained close contacts with Joséphin "Sâr" Péladan—sponsoring Péladan's journey to Bucharest (1898). He was detained by the authorities at various intervals, including an arrest for sedition during the…
Portrait of Joséphin Péladan by Marcellin Desboutin (1891)
Promotional poster for the Salon de la Rose + Croix