The Nymph and the Waterman | Ferdinand Leeke | 20th Century Alfred Guillou showing a dog clamping its

showing a dog clamping its jaws onto the arm of a would-be thief as he reaches for a door lock

and the ephemeral beauty of the frontier wilderness

Otto Greiner’s Devil Showing Woman to the People (also known by its German title Die Feilbietung) is a provocative fin-de-siècle work in which the artist channels Symbolist concerns about morality

dressed in blue

The Nymph and the Waterman | Ferdinand Leeke | 20th Century Alfred Guillou showing a dog clamping itsAbout the artwork: Ferdinand Leekes The Nymph and the Waterman (German, 18591923) is an evocative mythological oil painting that exemplifies the artists Romantic leaning, realist style through a poetic encounter between a nude female nymph and her aquatic counterpart, the waterman, set within a dark, natural landscape that highlights their sensual interaction and the mysterious allure of nature; Leeke, best known for his detailed figural works and