Satyr and Flying Cupid
1900
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1900
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
This painting shows a wild, dreamy scene with two figures in the middle. One looks like a goat-man with red hair, and the other is a small, winged child. The background is a messy mix of greens, blues, and whites—like a stormy forest with floating rocks. The red-haired figure might be a satyr, a half-goat, half-man from old myths. The small figure with wings is probably Cupid, the god of love, but here he’s flying upside down. If you like this strange mix of nature and myth, look up Ker Xavier Roussel (French, 1867–1944) for more of his odd, dreamy work.
