Ferdinand Georg Waldmuller
dal 8/6/2009 al 10/10/2009
Segnalato da
8/6/2009
Ferdinand Georg Waldmuller
Augarten Contemporary, Wien
In this retrospective, comprising some 120 works, masterpieces from the Belvedere's holdings will be complemented by loans from national and international collections.
Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (1793 - 1865) was one of the most important Austrian painters of the Biedermeier period. Whether it was the conquest of the landscape and thus the convincing rendering of closeness or distance, the accurate characterisation of the human face, the detailed and refined description of textures, or the depiction of rural everyday life: his works brilliant, explanatory, moralising, and socially critical influenced a whole generation of artists. Being an advocate of natural observation and plein air painting, as well as a critic of academic painting, Waldmüller was far ahead of his time.
The Belvedere accommodates the Waldmüller Archive and owns the most comprehensive collections of his works worldwide. In this retrospective, starting in spring 2009 and comprising some 120 works, masterpieces from the Belvedere’s holdings will be complemented by loans from national and international collections. Several paintings that were thought to be lost will be presented to the public for the first time.
The exhibition is being organised in cooperation with the Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Press contact:
Lena Maurer T + 43 (01) 79 557 178 M +43 (0)664 800 141 178 F + 43 (01) 79 557 121
Mag.(FH) Klara Böhm T + 43 (01) 79 557 177 F + 43 (01) 79 557 121 presse@belvedere.at
Augarten Contemporary
Scherzergasse 1a - Wien
Hours: 11-19