Les Fleurs du Mal As Illustrated By Carlo Farneti

The 1935 edition of Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du Mal (The Flowers of Evil) by the Italian illustrator Carlo Farneti. There’s nothing that says crazed fever dream like a dejected figure facing a gauntlet of monstrous, crimson-eyed owls or a crowd, their faces twisted in fear, gathered around a towering casket.

Posted by Ross Rosenberg on February 9th, 2010
Filed under Art, Crackpot Visionary, Horror, Madness, Poetry, Surreal

3 Responses to “Les Fleurs du Mal As Illustrated By Carlo Farneti”

  1. Zoetica Says:
    February 9th, 2010 at 11:27 pm

    Good work, Ross, now everyone knows what I want for my birthday!

  2. bjacques Says:
    February 10th, 2010 at 5:59 am

    Nice. Has a sort of James Ensor meets Max Klinger look to it.

  3. whelky Says:
    February 10th, 2010 at 11:27 pm

    also:

    http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2008/03/11/carlos-schwabes-fleurs-du-mal/