Faun by Moonlight | Léon Spilliaert | 1900 Select Size:12" x 9" creating a powerful sense of

creating a powerful sense of awe toward both the religious ritual and the architectural space that contains it

simultaneously alluring and unsettling

like many Symbolists

Hokusai may be undermining her power

Though the original oil painting remains in private hands

Faun by Moonlight | Léon Spilliaert | 1900 Select Size:12" x 9" creating a powerful sense ofAbout the artwork: In Faun by Moonlight (1900), Lon Spilliaert, the Belgian Symbolist painter, transforms a simple nocturnal vision into a haunting allegory of instinct and ambiguity. A faunhalf man, half goatplays his instrument beneath the pale glow of the moon, followed by a herd of goats that reinforce the eerie stillness of the scene. Using only greys and blacks, Spilliaert crafts a ghostly atmosphere where light and shadow suggest a world shaped