Maus, Mme. Octave
(1874–1944)
Maus, Mme. Octave (Madeleine)Maus, (Madeleine) Octave(Madeleine) Octave Maus (B * 1874 – D † 1944) (née Madeleine Simon). Together with her husband, Octave Maus (1856–1918) who was a lawyer and musicologist, they produced avant-garde artistic events in Brussels. He founded the revue L'Art moderne in 1881, then the group les XX in 1884, and La Libre Esthétique in 1894. He was also the Belgian ambassador to Switzerland. They were especially linked with the Art Nouveau style, and they presented…