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Daily Archives: July 4, 2011
through the Iron Curtain
There is no doubt that Vienna is quite a mind-blowing town when it comes to art, even if (judging from the work in the Secession House) it looks like it might be living off its former glories (but perhaps that’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Austria, Bratislava, concert, Danube, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia, Soviet empire, Vienna, World War II
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the end of Vienna
There was one last museum left in Vienna before I moved on: the Leopold Museum. This had some Klimt in it, but its main star was Egon Schiele, a protege of Klimt’s, who arrived in Vienna at the age of … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th century art, Austria, Egon Schiele, Expressionism, Gustav Klimt, Secession, Vienna, World War I
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four museums in a day: the straight line is godless
That’s what Hundertwasser said. He was an originally Viennese but ultimately globetrotting artist originally named Friedrich Stowasser, who ultimately renamed himself Friedenreich Hundertwasser (which is German for peacecountry hundredwater). You can see why he said that about the straight line … Continue reading
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Tagged Art House Vienna, Austria, Hundertwasser, Hundertwasserhaus, Vienna
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four museums in a day: Belvedere
My next stop was the Belvedere, another old palace converted into a gallery. It’s on a low hill, so there is a view over Vienna – as painted by Canaletto 250 years ago: and how it looks now: Again there … Continue reading
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Tagged Austria, Belvedere, Bonaparte, Canaletto, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Gustav Klimt, Jacques Louis David, Messerschmidt heads, Vienna
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