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The dancing Faun (2020) Original Watercolour by Krystyna Szczepanowski

59.4 x 42 x 0.2cm (unframed) / 56 x 39.5cm (actual image size)

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This is one of my favourite statues ever. It's in the House of the Faun in Pompeii. A survivor of the eruption which decimated the town._x000D_
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The faun is a mythological half human–half goat creature. Fauns are often connected to Pan and Greek satyrs, or wild followers of the Greek god of wine and drama, Dionysus._x000D_
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Kenneth Clark said about this particular bronze statue: "the pose is light and graceful, the modelling well understood, the general sense of movement admirably sustained"._x000D_
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This is what I wanted to convey with my painting. The graceful movement, the anatomy, the frolicking..._x000D_
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I'll send this painting in a reinforced envelope using the French Post with a tracking number_x000D_
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NOTE: The colours shown on your screen and/or web viewing devices may vary slightly from the actual painting or print colours.

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artist watercolour pigments on The Langton watercolour paper 300g

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This is one of my favourite statues ever. It's in the House of the Faun in Pompeii. A survivor of the eruption which decimated the town._x000D_
_x000D_
The faun is a mythological half human–half goat creature. Fauns are often connected to Pan and Greek satyrs, or wild followers of the Greek god of wine and drama, Dionysus._x000D_
_x000D_
Kenneth Clark said about this particular bronze statue: "the pose is light and graceful, the modelling well understood, the general sense of movement admirably sustained"._x000D_
_x000D_
This is what I wanted to convey with my painting. The graceful movement, the anatomy, the frolicking..._x000D_
_x000D_
_x000D_
_x000D_
I'll send this painting in a reinforced envelope using the French Post with a tracking number_x000D_
_x000D_
NOTE: The colours shown on your screen and/or web viewing devices may vary slightly from the actual painting or print colours.

Materials used:

artist watercolour pigments on The Langton watercolour paper 300g

Details:

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Location Switzerland

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Krystyna Szczepanowski is a figurative painter whose practice is centered on the fluid and unpredictable nature of watercolors. Based in Switzerland, she explores the delicate balance between technical anticipation and... Read more

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