Joséphin Péladan
Joséphin Péladan | |
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Portrait of Joséphin Péladan by Marcellin Desboutin (1891) | |
| Born | Joseph-Aimé Péladan, dit le Sar Mérodack Joséphin Peladan March 28, 1858 |
| Died | June 27, 1918 (aged 60) |
| Resting place | Cimetière des Batignolles |
| Known for | Occultism, art criticism, painting, dramaturgy, novel writing |
| Movement | Symbolist art |
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Joséphin Péladan (28 March 1858 – 27 June 1918) was a French novelist and Rosicrucian who later briefly joined the Martinist order led by Papus (Gérard Encausse). His father was a journalist who had written on prophecies, and professed an esoteric-aesthetic form of Rosicrucianism and universalist Catholicism. He established the Salon de la Rose + Croix for painters, writers, and musicians sharing his artistic ideals, the Symbolists in particular.