{"id":17598,"date":"2019-08-26T04:59:37","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T03:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=17598"},"modified":"2024-06-25T10:00:43","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T09:00:43","slug":"gerstl-exhibition-leopold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/gerstl-exhibition-leopold\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Gerstl exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/mqalternative.jpg\" alt=\"MQ sign\" class=\"wp-image-17442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/mqalternative.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/mqalternative-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s been a while since Austria hosted a significant Richard Gerstl exhibition. The Leopold Museum remedies the situation with a major display of his works, focusing on his relationship to those who painted before, alongside and after him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Comprehensive exhibition of Gerstl&#8217;s paintings together with other works that contextualise his influence and influences<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exhibition runs from Sep 27, 2019 to Jan 20, 2020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/leopold-museum\/\">Leopold Museum visitor &amp; ticket info<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/exhibitions\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"37363\">art exhibitions<\/a> in Vienna<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Richard Gerstl: Inspiration &#8211; Legacy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Gerstl (1883-1908) was another creative genius who burned brightly during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/wiener-moderne\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"28303\">Vienna modernism<\/a>: an era of art that&#8217;s almost as famous as the city&#8217;s imperial past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not that they appreciated it at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was only long after his death that Gerstl&#8217;s portraits and work as a forerunner of Austrian expressionism came to be properly appreciated. Only a few dozen works by Gerstl exist, not least because he set fire to many of the others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the 2019\/2020 Gerstl exhibition at the Leopold Museum, there&#8217;s a chance to see many of the artist&#8217;s long-hidden gems. But the curators, Diethard Leopold and Hans-Peter Wipplinger, do much more than simply present his works in a deserving light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exhibition explores Gerstl&#8217;s likely role models, his relationship with his peers, and his lasting influence on today&#8217;s creators, such as the US artist, Paul McCarthy. That latter point finds expression through the integration of relevant modern works into the presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps ironically, McCarthy&#8217;s work once graced the walls of the Secession building in Vienna, former home to the same-named collection of artists whose style Gerstl rejected as he forged new stylistic pathways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you&#8217;re done with the exhibition, be sure to check out what else is going on at the Leopold Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The permanent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/schiele-leopold\/\">Vienna 1900 exhibition<\/a>, for example, also features Gerstl&#8217;s works and covers the creative entirety of that raucous, dynamic period of Vienna modernism around the turn of the century. It&#8217;s where a lot of art by Klimt and Schiele lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dates, tickets &amp; tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Gerstl exhibition runs from Friday, September 27th, 2019 to Monday, January 20th, 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No special ticket is required, just a normal entrance ticket to the museum (or a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/vienna-pass-review\/\">sightseeing pass<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get to the Gerstl exhibition<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Leopold Museum is in the main courtyard of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sightseeing\/vienna-museums\/mq\/\">Museumsquartier<\/a> complex, on the left and up the wide steps after you pass in through the main entrance. See the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/leopold-museum\/\">main article<\/a> for travel tips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Vienna | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leopoldmuseum.org\/en\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1i9IZX6LeUKth_5sm2EOO-SqQl8s\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a while since Austria hosted a significant Richard Gerstl exhibition. The Leopold Museum remedies the situation with a major display of his works, focusing on his relationship to those who painted before, alongside and after him. 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