Viennese Art In The Leopold Museum: Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka
Discover the incredible collection of the Leopold Museum with a personal art experience moderator leading the way on this private tour. We will look closely at the works of Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Oskar Kokoschka, & Richard Gerstl — artists who used their works as a medium of self-expression and self-exploration to an ever-increasing extent.
What to expect?
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The Leopold Museum in the Museum Quarter has a unique collection of the most insightful, deep and scandalous masterpieces of the Viennese Modernist movement, as well as Austrian Expressionism. This art tour is designed to reveal historic, scientific and biographical factors which defined the way art was created in Vienna, as well as introducing the different ways that art has been approached since the beginning of the 20th century.
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We will look closely at different ways Austrian artists chose to answer the diverse challenges of modernity and find out which factors influenced almost all of them, to address provoking themes of sexuality and self-exploration. Discover the incredible collection of the Leopold Museum with a personal art experience moderator leading the way on this private tour.
Highlights:
- The last canvas from Gustav Klimt’s "Golden" period is "Life and Death" – we discuss its symbolism and its links to the Vienna School of Medicine
- Dramatic expressivity of Egon Schiele's "Seated Male Nude" and a discussion about the differences between art and erotic images
- Two self-portraits of Richard Gerstl as a documentary of a passionate and unhappily broken off love and the manifestation of the spirit of the age
What is included?
- Professional art historian guide
- Entry/Admission - Leopold Museum
Is this experience for me?
- Wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Near public transportation
- Transportation is wheelchair accessible
- Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
What do I need to bring?
- Comfortable shoes
- Spending money
- Camera
- Layered clothing
- Passport/ID
- Outerwear, such as gloves and a coat (dependent on season)
Additional information
- Voucher: You will receive a secure voucher to either print out or present on your mobile phone.
- Cancellation Policy: For a full refund, please cancel at least 24 hours prior to the start date of the experience.
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