Kabinettstücke: Sehnsuchtslandschaften

21/09/2024 – 05/01/2025

In landscape representation, the relationship between humans and nature is reflected. Its significance within art history has undergone constant change.

For a long time, landscapes served merely as a backdrop for biblical or mythological scenes until, in Dutch Baroque painting, they freed themselves from all staffage figures and later became a popular motif for atmospheric worlds in Romanticism. Nature became a projection surface for emotions. Sublimity, longing, and a deep connection to nature are feelings that established themselves in the 19th century during nature observation. Particularly in nature studies, an immediacy emerges that still resonates with viewers today.

Even in the 20th century, landscapes continue to convey moods and reflect the artists' emotional states when confronted with nature. A rough autumn day by the northern sea or the warming sun of the Italian summer allows us to empathize with these impressions during our contemplation.

Curator: Julia Nebenführ