This exhibition, held in 1925, was the first to explore the depiction of Austria's mountain landscapes in the early 19th century. It showcased seventy high-quality works, including drawings, watercolors, gouaches, lithographs, etchings, and oil paintings, offering diverse perspectives on nature from Romantic artists to Realist landscape painters.
This exhibition, titled "Die künstlerische Entdeckung Salzburgs und des Salzkammergutes im 19. Jahrhundert" (The Artistic Discovery of Salzburg and the Salzkammergut in the 19th Century), was a pioneering show held on Saturday, September 19, 1925. It was the very first exhibition dedicated to the artistic portrayal of the Austrian mountain world during the early 19th century. The display featured seventy high-quality works encompassing drawings, watercolors, gouaches, lithographs, etchings, and oil paintings, providing a comprehensive overview of diverse interpretations of the natural landscape.
The exhibition traced the artistic evolution from the Romantics, such as the brothers Ferdinand and Friedrich von Olivier and Johann Adam Klein, who focused primarily on the region around Salzburg, to the more realistic landscape representations of the Salzkammergut mountains by Franz Steinfeld and Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller. Heinrich Schwarz, the curator, brought together significant loans from institutions in Dresden, Leipzig, Nuremberg, and Munich, as well as from Viennese museums, Artaria & Co., and private collections, complementing the works already held in the Belvedere's own collection.
