The year of Klimt- 2012 in Vienna
Go back in history to an eminent artist
Year of Klimt in Vienna 2012
In 2012, Vienna is celebrating the 150st birthday of one of the most important and most wanted artists. Gustav Klimt, a meaningful protagonist of art nouveau, left a mark on the people’s mind living in the city next to the Blue Danube. In 2012, the whole city will have a focus on the work of this great man.
Art enthusiasts know “The Kiss”, the “Beethoven Frieze” or “Judith”, but that’s only the peak of his creative work, which was created around the turn of the century. Immerse in his world and visit different Klimt exhibitions in 2012:
- Lower Belvedere: worldwide biggest collection of Klimt’s paintings
- Kunsthistorisches Museum: Klimt before the turn of the century
- Leopold Museum: „Gustav Klimt. A (time) travel“
- Albertina: Nude studies and graphics
- Vienna Museum: graphics, paintings, placards and printed material
- Austrian Theatre Museum: „Gegen Klimt. Die „Nuda Veritas“ und ihr Verteidiger Hermann Bahr
- Künstlerhaus: Gustav Klimt and the Künstlerhaus
- Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art: Die Textilmustersammlung Emilie Flöge
Klimt’s work can be seen all over Vienna. He built houses or the hallway of the Kunsthistorische Museum, designed the ceiling of the Burgtheater or created the Beethoven Frieze, which is exhibited in the Secession Museum.
Go back in history to where once Gustav Klimt lived and visit the Vienna at the fin-de-siècle. Enthusiasts of the artist will be keen on the Klimt-rooms at the Hotel Erzherzog Rainer. Send us your no-obligation enquiry or book online and start into your year of Klimt in 2012.
