Les Petites Faunesses 1896

Émile Froment created this print, "Les Petites Faunesses," around 1900 using lithography. The composition is immediately striking, split into three horizontal registers, each suggesting a different plane of reality or perception. The faunesses themselves dominate the central register, their bodies rendered with sinuous lines that emphasize their movement and connection to the natural world. Note how the artist blurs the boundaries between human and animal through the textured skin and subtle yet distinct animalistic features, challenging conventional notions of form and identity. The limited color palette of blues, greens, and yellows creates a dreamlike atmosphere, drawing us into a world of mythological and natural intermingling. The structure and composition invites us to question our relationship with nature and the boundaries of human identity. It reminds us that the visual world is not just about what we see, but how we interpret and experience it.