Apoux, Joseph

(c1860 Le Blanc-1910) (France)

   Printmaker, genre and history painter who was based in Paris. Studied under Gerome. Known as an imitator of Felicien Rops. His erotic series include "Fantastic reveries" and "Four legends and four women." Created an erotic typeface called "Alphabet Pornographique" about 1880.

   Source: Benezit, vol. 1: p. 603; ThB II 1908: p. 36.