Transylvanian Painting Today (katalog)

Transylvania, made famous by Bram Stoker's romantic-gothic novel among others, has always been a source of inspiration for artists - especially for its breathtaking landscape with its green pastures, majestic mountains and deep forests. The whole region is steeped in myth and legend and its inhabitants are known for their adaptability and industriousness. It is a land of music and fine arts, romance, literature, culture and learning, but also of agriculture, traditional crafts, mining - and more recently, gastronomy, wine and technology. It is therefore no wonder that contemporary Transylvanian painters have achieved international recognition.

The Transylvanian Painting Today  exhibition presents a selection of works by some of the most prominent and internationally renowned painters of today and deliberately focuses on figurative painting, which has become one of the hallmarks of the Transylvanian art scene thanks to the so-called Cluj School - a group of artists who emerged on the international scene in the early 21st century, attracting worldwide attention and many of whom have become legendary names in international painting. Transylvanian Painting Today at the Telegraph Gallery in Olomouc offers Czech audiences a unique opportunity to view a curated selection of some of the finest and most inspiring contemporary paintings from a geographic environment that is globally renowned for both its historical and contemporary cultural heritage.