Satyres and Nymphs 1867

"Satyres and Nymphs" is an oil painting on canvas by Paul Cézanne from 1867. The painting depicts three nude figures in a dark, shadowy forest setting. One of the figures, a nymph, is clothed in a white drape and is being pursued by two satyrs. The painting's loose brushstrokes, expressive use of color, and the depiction of the satyrs pursuing the nymph are suggestive of Cézanne's early artistic influences, which included the works of Eugène Delacroix and Gustave Courbet. The painting's subject matter is drawn from classical mythology and is suggestive of the ancient Greek tradition of celebrating nature's beauty and power. The dark tones and shadowy figures are reminiscent of the Barbizon school, a group of landscape painters that Cézanne admired and whose work he studied.