Bacchanalian scene with fauns and nymphs: fleeting composition

(1881 Jonakanton St. Gallen – 1954 Egnach/Canton Thurgau) Bacchanalian scene with fauns and nymphs. An excellently executed, fleeting composition in which a faun plays the pan flute in the foreground, while a pair of dancing nymphs, receptive to the flute, observe him, brightly illuminated in the background like a scene in a theatrical production. This is a stylistically typical Symbolist work by the Swiss artist, who went to Munich in 1902, where he studied at the Academy under Karl Raupp and Wilhelm von Diez, and also became an assistant to Franz von Stuck in 1904. His works were intensely influenced by both Stuck and Böcklin. Oil on cardboard. Signed. Approximately 21.1 cm x 29.5 cm. In a frame.