The Cyclops

Odilon Redon, 1914
The Cyclops, Odilon Redon
The Cyclops, zoomed in
65.8 cmThe Cyclops scale comparison52.7 cm

The Cyclops is a Symbolist Oil on Paper Painting created by Odilon Redon in 1914. It lives at the Kröller-Müller Museum in Netherlands. The image is in the Public Domain, and tagged Greek and Roman Mythology and The Nude in Art. DownloadSee The Cyclops in the Kaleidoscope

The Cyclops Polyphemus spies on the sleeping Nereid Galatea from behind a mountain. The famously violent, man-eating giant of Greek mythology, is transformed by Redon into a shy beast quietly watching the movements of humans.

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