Portrait of Erik Satie Playing the Harmonium 1891

"Portrait of Erik Satie Playing the Harmonium" is a 1891 charcoal drawing by Spanish artist Santiago Rusiñol. The drawing features a detailed depiction of the French composer Erik Satie in profile, playing the harmonium. The sketch was made in the context of the *fin de siècle* and its embrace of the avant-garde. Satie's unconventional musical style and the stylized approach of the drawing capture the spirit of artistic experimentation and the rejection of tradition, characteristic of that era.