The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 21, 2025
Trout Pond
1890–91
(German, 1863–1928)
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.- Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 15-November 14, 2004).Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/15/04-11/14/04. "Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century". No exhibition catalogue.
- {{cite web|title=Trout Pond|url=false|author=Franz von Stuck|year=1890–91|access-date=21 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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