The Secret

Fernand Khnopff (1858-1921)

Oil on canvas

Source: The Studio

“In our notes last month on the Belgian and Flemish exhibition at the Guildhall, in dealing with the modern side of it, the work of M. Fernand Khnopff called for particular attention. His picture The Secret . . . is an excellent example of his fine painting and that note of mysticism to which we made reference. A side of his work less known in England is his landscapes; here as in his figure-subjects there is a sense of the mystery that surrounds man and nature alike” (156).