--- type: exposition title: GROW language: en url: "https://www.belvedere.at/en/grow" --- # GROW ## The Tree in Art ![Emilie Mediz-Pelikan, Blühende Kastanien](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/header_cropped_1920x480_fp/public/2021-06/Emilie%20Mediz-Pelikan_Bl%C3%BChende%20Kastanien_1900_%C2%A9%20Belvedere%2C%20Wien%2C%20Foto%20Johannes%20Stoll_0.jpg.webp?itok=F5UHECRE) **Duration:** 23 September 2022 - 8 January 2023 Mysterious, bearer of knowledge, silent observer: The tree is deeply rooted in culture – as a mediator between the divine and the human, as an object of science, and as a warning sign for ecological (mis)developments. In dedicating an exhibition to the tree that spans numerous styles and epochs, the Belvedere is focusing on a central subject in art history and its complex relationship with humankind. Curated by Miroslav Haľák. With works by: Joannis Avramidis, Eduard Ameseder, Ferdinand Andri, Robert Bielik, Klemens Brosch, Josef Čapek, Franz Anton Coufal, Lucas Cranach (Werkstatt), Gunter Damisch, Constantin Damianos, Honoré Daumier, Christian Eisenberger, Daniel Fischer, Padhi Frieberger, Joseph von Führich, Giovanni Giuliani, Franz Graf, Asta Gröting, Katharina Grosse, Nilbar Güres, Hannes Haslecker, Carry Hauser, Wolfgang Hollegha, Adolf Hölzel, Michal Kern, Anselm Kiefer, Vera Klimentyeva, Peter Kogler, Johann Korec, Johann Victor Krämer, Otakar Kubín, Max Kurzweil, Marek Kvetan, Maria Legat, Andries Cornelius Lens, Liza Lou, René Magritte, Edda Mally, Ralo Mayer, Karl Mediz, Emilie Mediz-Pelikan, László Mednyánszky, Meister der Crispinuslegende, Zuzana Mináčová, Alois Mosbacher, Hans Nagelmüller, Otakar Nejedlý, Donna Ong, Emil Orlik, Marek Ormandík, Giuseppe Penone, Rona Pondick, Florian Raditsch, Carl Rahl, Albert Reuss, Anton Romako, August Roth, Ernestine Rotter-Peters, Dorota Sadovská, Elisabeth von Samsonow, Giovanni Segantini, Joseph Selleny, Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Martin Schnur, Moritz von Schwind, Jakub Špaňhel, Lilly Steiner, Steirischer Maler, Petr Štembera, Curt Stenvert, Ernst Stöhr, Oswald Tschirtner, Jiří Valoch, Adolf Wissel, Olga Wisinger-Florian, Max Zaeper, Jimmy Zurek \#Grow ### [Lower Belvedere](https://www.belvedere.at/en/visit/lower-belvedere) **Opening hours:** Monday to Sunday, 10 am - 6 pm **Address:** Lower Belvedere, 1030 Vienna ([Getting there]()) [Tickets](https://www.belvedere.at/en/tickets?location%5B0%5D=3) ##### In cooperation with - [derstandard.at](http://derstandard.at/) ## Impressions - ![Steirischer Maler, Fastentuch-Fragment — Styrian painter, Fragment of a lenten veil, c. 1440 — © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2021-06/Steirischer%20Maler_Fastentuch-Fragment_um%201440_%C2%A9%20Belvedere%2C%20Wien_0.jpg.webp?itok=0msSj5Ol) - ![Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Die Breite Föhre nächst der Brühl bei Mödling — Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carolsfeld, The Spreading Pine Tree in the Brühl Valley near Mödling, 1838 — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2021-06/Ludwig%20Ferdinand%20Schnorr%20von%20Carolsfeld_Die%20Breite%20F%C3%B6hre%20n%C3%A4chst%20der%20Br%C3%BChl%20bei%20M%C3%B6dling_1838_%C2%A9%20Belvedere%2C%20Wien%2C%20Foto%20Johannes%20Stoll_0.jpg.webp?itok=Gg3TXucR) - ![Baum in einer Landschaft — Giovanni Segantini, The Evil Mothers, 1894 — © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2021-06/Giovanni%20Segantini_Die%20b%C3%B6sen%20M%C3%BCtter_1894_%C2%A9%20Belvedere%2C%20Wien_0.jpg.webp?itok=OXA0QgQl) - ![Emilie Mediz-Pelikan, Blühende Kastanien — Emilie Mediz-Pelikan, Flowering Chestnut Trees, 1900 — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2021-06/Emilie%20Mediz-Pelikan_Bl%C3%BChende%20Kastanien_1900_%C2%A9%20Belvedere%2C%20Wien%2C%20Foto%20Johannes%20Stoll_0.jpg.webp?itok=BDx_hUF-) - ![Josef Čapek, Der Wald — Josef Čapek, Forest, 1912 — permanent loan from the Rotter Collection — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2021-06/Lg1389-2015-3_%C2%A9%20Belvedere%2C%20Wien%2C%20Foto%20Johannes%20Stoll_0.jpg.webp?itok=W5p9E3FR) - ![Klemens Brosch, Baumstudie an der Donau — Klemens Brosch, Tree Study on the Danube, 1926 — © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2021-06/Klemens%20Brosch_Baumstudie%20an%20der%20Donau_1926_%C2%A9%20Belvedere%2C%20Wien_0.jpg.webp?itok=8ocr4x_I) - ![Frau macht einen Handstand im Wald — Nilbar Güreş, Headstanding Totem, 2014 — © Nilbar Güreş 2022 / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2021-06/11651-2018-3.jpg.webp?itok=z91x5VSz) - ![Schwarz-Weiß Fotografie eines Baumstamms hinter dem weit ausgestreckte Arme hervorschauen — Padhi Frieberger, Untitled, undated — © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2022-09/Padhi%20Frieberger_Ohne%20Titel_undatiert_Belvedere%20%20Wien.jpg.webp?itok=ZqaDJj1w) - ![Kinderfahrrad mit Sägeblatt und zwei Hacken — Curt Stenvert, The Year of the Child Is Over!!!, 1983 — Belvedere, Vienna / © Bildrecht, Vienna 2022](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2022-09/Curt%20Stenvert_Das%20Jahr%20des%20Kindes%20ist%20vorbei%21%21%21_1983_Belvedere%20Wien_%28c%29%20Bildrecht%20Wien%202022.jpg.webp?itok=6BZrrDeM) - ![Ölgemälde von bunten Beinen, Füßen und Händen — Dorota Sadovská, #StayHome 2, 2020 — private collection, © Bildrecht, Vienna 2022, Photo: Dorota Sadovská](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2022-09/Dorota%20Sadovska_%23StayHome%202_2020_%28c%29%20Bildrecht_Wien%202022_Foto%20Dorota%20Sadovsk%C3%A1.jpg.webp?itok=ADzbK4_Y) - ![Zeichnung von zwei schwarzen Händen mit Blättern auf dem Handrücken — Franz Graf, Untitled, 1990–93 — Belvedere, Vienna / Bildrecht, Vienna 2022](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2022-09/Franz%20Graf_Ohne%20Titel_1990-93_Belvedere%20Wien_%28c%29%20Bildrecht%20Wien%202022.jpg.webp?itok=gW6zojy1) - ![Bronzeskulptur von Lorbeerblättern und einer goldenen Lunge — Giuseppe Penone, Respirare l’ombra, 1998 — Private collection, installation view Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2016, © Bildrecht, Vienna 2022, Photo © Archivio Penone](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2022-09/Giuseppe%20Penone_Respirare%20l%E2%80%99ombra_1998_%28c%29%20Bildrecht%2C%20Wien%202022%2C%20Foto%20%28c%29%20Archivio%20Penone.jpg.webp?itok=_-lujjgs) - ![Ölgemälde eines großen Baumes in der Abenddämmerung, in dessen Baumstamm sich zwei offene Fenster befinden, im oberen ist eine weiße Kugel ersichtlich, im unteren ein Haus mit leuchtenden Fenstern — René Magritte, La voix du sang (The Voice of Blood), 1959 — mumok – Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, © Bildrecht, Vienna 2022](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2022-09/Ren%C3%A9%20Magritte_La%20voix%20du%20sang%20%28Die%20Stimme%20des%20Blutes%29_1959_mumok%20%E2%80%93%20Museum%20moderner%20Kunst%20Stiftung%20Ludwig%2C%20Wien_%28c%29%20Bildrecht%202022.jpg.webp?itok=y0F183vk) ## The Exhibition - ![Ausstellungsansicht "GROW. Der Baum in der Kunst" — Exhibition view "GROW. The Tree in Art" — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/2022-09/Grow%20Presse-1.jpg.webp?itok=ei4grND-) - ![Ausstellungsansicht "GROW. Der Baum in der Kunst" — Exhibition view "GROW. The Tree in Art" — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/2022-09/Grow%20Presse-6.jpg.webp?itok=IXCw9-DY) - ![Ausstellungsansicht "GROW. Der Baum in der Kunst" — Exhibition view "GROW. The Tree in Art" — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/2022-09/Grow%20Presse-7.jpg.webp?itok=lCH6SbKr) - ![Ausstellungsansicht "GROW. Der Baum in der Kunst" — Exhibition view "GROW. The Tree in Art" — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/2022-09/Grow%20Presse-8.jpg.webp?itok=W75KX5hW) - ![Ausstellungsansicht "GROW. Der Baum in der Kunst" — Exhibition view "GROW. The Tree in Art" — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/2022-09/Grow%20Presse-9.jpg.webp?itok=4SVu_AXK) - ![Ausstellungsansicht "GROW. Der Baum in der Kunst" — Exhibition view "GROW. The Tree in Art" — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/2022-09/Grow%20Presse-10.jpg.webp?itok=syujep-9) Art as reflection of the symbiosis between humans and trees: The Lower Belvedere exhibition builds a conceptual bridge from the tree as knowledge of good and evil, to the tree of wisdom, to the tree as the metaphorical axis of the world. The significance of the tree in art is explained by a thematic "branch" that stretches from the spiritual to the rationally perceptible to statements of environmentalism. The selection of works is drawn from the Belvedere's collection, supplemented with international contributions. The artistic works cover a period from the 15th century to the present. The personified tree is guardian, loner, social being, listener, protector, or climate savior. Whether as a somber projection for eternal punishment, as in Giovanni Segantini's *The Evil Mothers*, or as the narrator of the intimate story of a peaceful idyll, as in *Blossoming Chestnut* by Emilie Mediz-Pelikan, in art, the tree stands for the qualities projected onto it. *Headstanding Totem* by Nilbar Güreş from 2014 is a contemporary take on a mythological figure that, in close association with the tree, can also be interpreted as an appeal to sensitivity toward the environment. ## Videos **Creek Fire Monument** **Sustainability** **The relationship human - tree** **The tree of cognition** **The tree of knowledge** **Axis of the world** **Daphne at the Belvedere**