Landscape with Flowers

Landscape with flowers (Slovak: Krajina s kvetmi) is an oil painting by the Slovak artist Zoltán Palugyay [sk] from 1930.[1][2] The picture was painted in oil on canvas and measures 80 x 100 cm. It is now in the Slovak National Gallery in Bratislava.[1][2] It is considered a formative work for modern art in Slovakia and one of the most remarkable works of the artist.

Landscape with Flowers
Slovak: Krajina s kvetmi
ArtistZolote Palugyay
Year1930
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions80 cm × 100 cm (31 in × 39 in)
LocationNational Gallery of Slovakia, Bratislava

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Thanks to his stays in Budapest, Kraków, Munich and Paris, he became acquainted with modern art. Zoltan Palugyay was influenced by Edvard Munch and Paul Gauguin and introduced symbolism to his landscapes. Landscape with flowers became the emblematic archetype for a series of paintings in the 1930s, his most productive period. The shapes and colors are combined in a way that underlines the symbolic message of the picture.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Krajina s kvetmi". webumenia.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Krajina s kvetmi, Palugyay, Zolo". europeana.eu. Retrieved 5 May 2016.