Major Paintings in the Great Museums

our first meeting as a group will be in vienna on the evening of June 11th.

Plan to arrive in Vienna by the afternoon of june 11th and We will meet at 6:30pm in the lobby of our chosen hotel.

PROLOGUE IN VIENNA

June 12-16, 2018 

The course will begin in Vienna, one of Europe’s prime destinations for art and culture. We will be there during the time of the annual Vienna Festival, featuring internationally renowned contemporary stage works, musical performances, and lectures.  We will tour Vienna's museums and discuss these important painting collections as they pertain to aspects of color, light, and landscape.  These are the key notions we will be exploring while painting in the studio space at the Goldegg castle. 

While touring the museums in Vienna is a kind of prologue to the class, it is not mandatory.  Time permitting, there will be visits to museum exhibitions, contemporary galleries and perhaps even artists’ studios. 

It is possible to attend the Vienna tour without joining the painting class in Goldegg; some people (including non-artists) will want to come along to see and discuss the city's treasures and enjoy the world famous cafés and restaurants.

Venues in Vienna will include but not be limited to:

Kunsthistorisches Museum

Collection including Titian, Veronese, Raphael, Caravaggio, Velázquez, van Eyck, Bosch, Vermeer, and Rembrandt.

Albertina Museum

Houses one of the largest and most important print rooms in the world with approximately 65,000 drawings and approximately 1 million old master prints. Collection including Durer, Da Vinci, Bruegel, Monet, Picasso, and Munch.

Leopold, the Museum of Applied Art

Home to one of the largest collections of modern Austrian art, featuring Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka and Richard Gerstl.

Belvedere Palace and Gardens

Houses an exhaustive collection of Austrian art dating from the Middle Ages and including modernist and contemporary works.

Secession

An exhibition hall built in 1897 by Joseph Maria Olbrich as an architectural manifesto. The building features the Beethoven Frieze by Gustav Klimt.

A detailed itinerary of the Vienna portion will be provided.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON VIENNA'S MUSEUMS VISIT THE VIENNA BLOG HERE