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Leopold Museum: Klimt - Up Close and Personal
Gustav Klimt, Tod und Leben, 1910/15
Postcard from Gustav Klimt
Bohemia, Istria, Romania, Italy, Germany, Belgium, England, France, Spain as well as the region of the Salzkammergut and the town of Gastein in Austria were on his itinerary. The museum has not only some of Klimt's main works (e.g. "Death and Life"), but also over 100 drawings by Gustav Klimt. A large part of the estate of Emilie Flöge, with hundreds of post cards, photos and letters, which Klimt wrote to his life companion over almost two decades, is also in the possession of the museum. It also includes art cards of the Wiener Werkstätte, telegrams and numerous pieces of correspondence, which Klimt set to his family and friends in Vienna while on his travels.
The exhibition "Klimt: Up Close and Personal" confronts Klimt's paintings with his post cards. In doing so, the museum directs attention onto the artist's private life and aims to clear away the clichés and myths. Twenty selected original quotes on the walls give an insight into Klimt's artistic understanding. The exhibition addresses Klimt's way of working, his relationship with collectors and patrons as well as his illegitimate children.
The show is supplemented by numerous historic photographs, which show Klimt in a relaxed atmosphere in his private life, in his typical artist's smock on the shore of a lake or on the search for suitable motifs for his paintings. The painter's private side is also brought to the fore with the reconstruction of Klimt's studio.
Klimt: Up Close and Personal. Images, Letters, Insights
24 February - 27 August 2012
Leopold Museum
Museumsplatz 1
1070 Wien
www.leopoldmuseum.org/
AccessibilityMain entrance
- Main entrance no steps (Double swing door).
Parking spaces Main entrance
4 disabled parking spaces available.
Elevator available
89 cm wide and 210 cm deep, Doors 90 cm wide.
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Restrooms with access for disabled persons available.
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Contacts
- +43 1 525 70 0
- office@leopoldmuseum.org
Opening hours
- Mo, 10:00 - 18:00
- We, 10:00 - 18:00
- Th, 10:00 - 21:00
- Fr - Su, 10:00 - 18:00
Open daily from June to August.
