Trout Pond
Stuck, who typically favored mythological and allegorical subjects, turned to depicting the landscape while visiting the artist colony of Osternberg in the early 1890s. He made this dense, dark etching after a painting of the same title. The stillness of the twilit scene is interrupted only by the concentric ripples on the glistening surface of the water, barely disturbing the reflection of the row of trees along the edge of the pond. The print was later published in the Munich-based art journal Jugend, the namesake of the German iteration of Art Nouveau.
Artwork Details
- Title: Trout Pond
- Artist: Franz von Stuck (German, Tettenweis 1863–1928 Munich)
- Date: 1890–91
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Sheet: 18 1/2 × 13 3/8 in. (47 × 34 cm)
Plate: 11 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (30.4 × 25.2 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1923
- Object Number: 23.103.7
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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