The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 6, 2023

Trout Pond

1890–91

Franz von Stuck

(German, 1863–1928)

Germany, 19th century

Etching

Support: Medium-weight tan laid paper

Sheet: 51 x 36.5 cm (20 1/16 x 14 3/8 in.); Platemark: 27.9 x 23.1 cm (11 x 9 1/8 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 1998.48

Location

not on view

Description

During the last two decades of the 19th century, Symbolism in both art and literature flourished. This European cultural movement valued intuition, fantasy, and imagination over empirical science, so Symbolist landscapes described not actual nature but, instead, landscapes of dreams and visions. Stuck’s Trout Pond seems to resonate with mystery and import.

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed, in graphite, lower right: "franz v. Stuck"

Exhibition history

Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/15/04-11/14/04. "Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century". No exhibition catalogue.

Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 15-November 14, 2004).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1998.48