Forest II.

Forest II, painted in 1901 and held at the Slovak National Gallery, is the companion piece to Forest I within Czölder's systematic landscape series. The two works likely explore the same forest subject under different conditions or from a different viewpoint, reflecting the plein-air painter's practice of returning to the same motif to capture its variations. This practice was associated with Barbizon painters like Théodore Rousseau, whose systematic attention to specific forest sites influenced generations of European landscape painters.

Compared to its companion, this study may differ in light conditions, seasonal cues, or compositional angle. Czölder's handling of tree forms and forest light is consistent across the series—loose, direct, prioritising tonal relationships over botanical precision and descriptive detail.