Composition with Satyrs (Fauns ?)
Jacek Malczewski
Basic information
- ID
- Г-I-837
- Author
- Jacek Malczewski
- Name
- Composition with Satyrs (Fauns ?)
- Date of creation
- 1897
- Country
- Poland
- Technique
- watercolour
- Material
- paper watercolour
- Dimensions
- 15.7 x 22.3 cm (height x width)
Additionally
- Type
- graphic art
- Genre
- mythological painting
- Provenance
- Collection of Lviv City Gallery
Information about author
Object description
The multi-figure sketch composition represents a group of satyrs depicted against the blurred umber background. In ancient Greek mythology, satyrs were forest and mountain deities of lower rank, who embodied the primordial force of nature; they were deities of fertility and constant companions of Dionysus. Satyrs were depicted as men with horns, pointed ears, a snub nose, often with a goat's or horse's tail, and animal legs. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the interest in ancient themes, which were somewhat forgotten in the 19th century, increased significantly; they began to be perceived somewhat differently, mostly nostalgically. At this time, the art of Ancient Greece was reviewed. Artists from different countries eagerly studied the works of different periods of Greek history and reproduced the impulses of forgotten eras in their works. Jacek Malczewski rarely turned to ancient plots, although he sometimes tried to combine antiquity with modernity, as in the presented work.
Inscriptions
At the upper left of the painting there is an angle-wise inscription "I marca 1897/ J Malczewski, внизу по центру напис: Potwierdzam autentyczność / Wlastimil Hofman"
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
