Exhibition dates: 18th June – 9th October 2011
Media preview for Vienna – Art & Design at the National Gallery of Victoria
A subtle pleasure
The delicate paintings are smaller with a flatness of texture and a sombreness that I had not imagined; magnificent in their subtlety. The real stars of this wonderful exhibition, however, are the design pieces. Whether silver, wood, ceramic, glass or jewellery the designs are balanced by a glorious aesthetic. Never has a tea service looked so ravishing or decadent.
This is not a wham bang show like Dali or that other King of some fame showing elsewhere. This is for a discerning audience – one that can take time (between pots of tea) to study and go ooh and aah!
Marcus
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Many thankx to the National Gallery of Victoria for inviting me and for allowing me to publish the photographs in the posting. Please click on the photographs for a larger version of the image. All photographs © Marcus Bunyan 2011 except the photographs of the full paintings which come from the NGV press CD ROM.
I just couldn’t help myself!
Installation view of first room of the exhibition Vienna – Art & Design at the National Gallery of Victoria
At right
Wilhelm Gause (Germany 1853-1916)
Vienna Municipal Ball
1904
Watercolour and oil on cardboard
62.0 x 88.0 cm
Wien Museum, Vienna
Commissioned by the City of Vienna, 1904
Wilhelm Gause (Germany 1853-1916)
Vienna Municipal Ball
1904
Watercolour and oil on cardboard
62.0 x 88.0 cm
Wien Museum, Vienna
Commissioned by the City of Vienna, 1904
Otto Wagner (architect) (Austria 1841-1918)
Alexander Albert (manufacturer) Austria active c. 1904
Chair for Dr Karl Lueger
1904
Rosewood (Dalbergia sp.), mother-of-pearl, leather
98.5 x 63 x 59.5 cm
Wien Museum, Vienna
Estate of Karl Lueger, 1910
Otto Wagner (architect) (Austria 1841-1918)
Reconstruction of facade for Die Zeit
1902 designed, 1985 made
Iron, aluminium, nickel-plated iron, glass
450.0 x 332.0 cm
Wien Museum, Vienna
Commissioned by the Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien, 1985
Otto Wagner (architect) (Austria 1841-1918)
Reconstruction of facade for Die Zeit (detail)
1902 designed, 1985 made
Iron, aluminium, nickel-plated iron, glass
450.0 x 332.0 cm
Wien Museum, Vienna
Commissioned by the Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien, 1985
Otto Wagner objects including shelving, stool, chair and hot air blower (rear) in the exhibition Vienna – Art & Design at the National Gallery of Victoria
Gustav Klimt (Austria 1862-1918)
The Park (detail)
1909
Oil on canvas
Gustav Klimt (Austria 1862-1918)
The Park (detail)
1909
Oil on canvas
Installation view part of the second room of the exhibition Vienna – Art & Design at the National Gallery of Victoria
Wilhelm Otto List
Young lady in black and white (detail)
1904
Oil on canvas
Charles Robert Ashbee (designer) (British, 1863-1942)
Standing cup and cover
1901
Silver, turqoise
Josef Hoffmann (designer) (Austria-Hungary 1870-1956)
Sports Trophy
1902
Silver, gilt, malachite
Josef Hoffmann (designer) (Austria-Hungary 1870-1956)
Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna (manufacturer) Austria-Hungary 1903-32
Tea service
c. 1909-1911
Silver-gilt, wood
(1.A-E) 21.5 x 29.0 x 26.8 cm (overall) (kettle, stand and burner)
(2) 10.8 x 15.4 x 20.2 cm (teapot)
(3.A-B) 8.7 x 8.8 x 6.8 cm (overall) (sugar basin and lid)
(4) 4.8 x 8.5 x 15.6 cm (milk jug)
(5) 3.4 x 36.3 x 29.9 cm (tray)
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Purchased, 1985
Installation view of room three of the exhibition Vienna – Art & Design at the National Gallery of Victoria showing part of Gustave Klimt’s Beethoven Frieze: Central wall 1901-02 (detail at top)
Max Klinger (German, 1857-1920)
Beethoven
c. 1902
Plaster
Installation view of room four of the exhibition Vienna – Art & Design at the National Gallery of Victoria with at right, Gustav Klimt’s painting Emilie Flöge (1902)
Gustav Klimt (Austria 1862-1918)
Emilie Flöge
1902
Oil on canvas
178.0 x 80.0 cm
Wien Museum, Vienna
Gustav Klimt (Austria 1862-1918)
Emilie Flöge (detail)
1902
Oil on canvas
178.0 x 80.0 cm
Wien Museum, Vienna
Installation view of room five of the exhibition Vienna – Art & Design at the National Gallery of Victoria
At right
Koloman Moser (designer) (Austrian, 1868-1918)
Armchair
1903
Painted beech
Second right
Josef Hoffmann (designer) (Austrian, 1870-1956)
Collapsible library steps
1905
Gustav Klimt (Austria 1862-1918)
Fritza Riedler (detail)
1906
Oil on canvas
Gustav Klimt (Austria 1862-1918)
Fritza Riedler
1906
Oil on canvas
152.0 x 134.0 cm
Belvedere, Vienna
Installation views of room six of the exhibition Vienna – Art & Design at the National Gallery of Victoria
Josef Hoffmann (Austrian, 1870-1956)
Tea and coffee service
1909
Silver, ivory
Installation view of room seven of the exhibition Vienna – Art & Design at the National Gallery of Victoria with, against the wall,
Adolf Loos (designer) (Austria 1870-1933)
Sideboard, from the Langer apartment
1903
Mahogany (Swietenia sp.), mirror, brass
Installation view of room seven of the exhibition Vienna – Art & Design at the National Gallery of Victoria
Ferdinand Andri (Austrian, 1871-1956)
The Gallia children
1901
Oil on canvas
with Josef Hoffmann furniture in the foreground
Gustave Klimt (Austrian, 1862-1918)
Portrait of Hermine Gallia (detail)
1904
Oil on canvas
Pieces of Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Mosser silver in the exhibition Vienna – Art & Design at the National Gallery of Victoria. Love the reflected light!
Installation views of room eight of the exhibition Vienna – Art & Design at the National Gallery of Victoria
Objects by Dagobert Peche (left, right and second right) and Josef Hoffmann in the exhibition Vienna – Art & Design at the National Gallery of Victoria
Egon Schiele (Austria 1890-1918)
Portrait of a boy (Portrait of Herbert Rainer aged approximately six) (detail)
1910
Oil on canvas
Egon Schiele (Austria 1890-1918)
Portrait of a boy (Portrait of Herbert Rainer aged approximately six)
1910
Oil on canvas
101.0 x 101.5 cm
Belvedere, Vienna
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