dreams of the landscape | schikaneder–slavíček–moll et al.

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The exhibition Dreams of the Landscape | Schikaneder–Slavíček–Moll et al. | Forms of Central European Symbolism and Secession Landscape Painting focuses on analyzing the transformation of landscape painting around 1900, when this traditional genre becomes a privileged space for psychologization and subjective experience. The project follows how landscape painting ceases to be a mere mimetic record of external reality and gradually transforms into a medium reflecting the state of modern introspection and spiritualization. Special attention is given to the phenomenon of genre syncretism, where figurative elements are incorporated into the landscape, not as decorative additions but as carriers of specific psychologization. Staffage becomes a key element of the meaning-creating structure and a visual catalyst for emotional projections. This is evident, for example, in the works of Arnold Böcklin, Giovanni Segantini, or – in the Czech context – Antonín Hudeček, Jakub Schikaneder, and Beneš Knüpfer. In this constellation, the landscape becomes a place where elements of other genres are transformed. The project also reflects contemporary theoretical discussions that preceded the formulation of Worringer's dichotomy. The exhibition touches on aesthetic considerations by Hermann Bahr, who emphasized the subjectivization of vision and disruption of academic categories in his texts on modern art; Julia Meier-Graefe, who analyzed the transformation of perception in the works of modern landscapists; and Wilhelm Dilthey, whose concept of experience (Erlebnis) and expressive psychology significantly influenced the symbolist understanding of the landscape as a bearer of inner states. The influence of the Austrian environment is also reflected here, especially in the local criticism that emphasized the emotional and metaphysical qualities of natural motifs. This theoretical layer allows reading the landscape not only as a visual element but as a psychological structure whose semantic depth arises from the tension between subjective projection and objective form. The exhibition thus represents a defined segment of Central European landscape painting, allowing insight into the period before the "Munch lesson" of expressive modernism, when psychological levels begin to dynamically interconnect. Alongside works from Czech institutions, the exhibition will also feature works from foreign collections. dreams of the landscape | schikaneder–slavíček–moll et al. | forms of Central European symbolism and secession landscape painting
curator | adam hnojil
graphics | jana vahalíková
exhibition | 14 June - 22 November 2026

Highlights

• Exhibition focused on Central European symbolism and secession landscape painting
• Key artists such as Arnold Böcklin and Jakub Schikaneder
• Analysis of the transformation of landscape painting around 1900

General Information

The exhibition Dreams of the Landscape takes place at the Aleš South Bohemian Gallery in Hluboká nad Vltavou. It focuses on the transformation of landscape painting around 1900 and reflects contemporary theoretical discussions on the subjectivization of vision and psychologization in art.

Location

Hluboká nad Vltavou 144, 373 41 Hluboká nad Vltavou, Czech Republic

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