The artwork named “Self-Portrait with Palette (Painter and Faun)” was created by Florine Stettheimer circa 1915, using oil as the medium. It belongs to the Naïve Art (Primitivism) and Expressionism art movements and is classified as a self-portrait. Currently, the artwork is housed at Columbia University in New York City, NY, US.
In the artwork, a female figure, presumably the artist herself, is seated on a bench against a backdrop that includes a bold, vertical red element, possibly a tree or a structure. This figure, dressed in white attire and red shoes, holds a painter’s palette filled with vivid colors in one hand and a paintbrush in the other. To her right, partially leaning against the same vertical element, is a faun-like figure rendered in a golden hue, which contrasts sharply with the pastel background. The scene is imbued with rich colors and a sense of whimsical isolation, characteristic of both Naïve Art and Expressionism.
