Wild Passion. Jef Lambeaux' 'Le Faun Mordu' and a Rose, La Boverie, Liège, Belgium

            Jef Lambeaux (1852-1908) was a Belgian sculptor well-known for his eroticism in which he emulated 'real nature'. Many of his works - reliefs and sculptures - scandalised and outraged his compatriots. E.g. his fabulous 'Human Passions' of 1898. 
A later, famous work is 'Le Faun Mordu' - The Bitten Faun. Lambeaux exhibited it at the Liège International Fair in 1905. It shows a Faun being bitten on the ear in wild lovemaking or perhaps a rape. Something like culture warding off nature - Fauns are the epitome of nature... 
Obviously there were lots of indignant discussions and the sculpture was hidden from public view until 1950 when it was placed in the Rose Garden of La Boverie where the 1905 Fair had been held. Today La Boverie is a museum of fine arts. 
I contemplated this fine sculpture as a fine drizzle was descending on the garden and then went on to admire the wet, cold Roses (see inset).
There's a German 'medieval pop group' called Faun. Some of its songs derive from the German 'Minnesänger', late medieval German love-song makers. One of these refers to a Lover who's gone off to war never to return: His wild rose no longer blooms... my heart is heavy, my love's gone forever, and I'm cold... Here are the final verses:

Weh, Weh, mein Herz ist schwer
Gab für immer meinen Liebsten her
Seine wilde Rose blüht nicht mehr

Weh, Weh, mein Herz ist schwer
Gab für immer meinen Liebsten her
Seine wilde Rose blüht nicht mehr

Mir ist, oh, so kalt, er kommt nie mehr

        
   

Taken in: Belgique / Liège / Liège / Fragnée (show map)

Taken on: September 28, 2018

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