{"id":38263,"date":"2021-11-01T05:17:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T04:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=38263"},"modified":"2024-08-04T15:22:04","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T14:22:04","slug":"teaching-klimt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/teaching-klimt\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Klimt exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/teachingklimtsmall.jpg\" alt=\"Teaching resources\" class=\"wp-image-38264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/teachingklimtsmall.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/teachingklimtsmall-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Just when you thought every aspect of Gustav Klimt had been examined in public detail, the MAK museum surprises us. The <em>Teaching Klimt<\/em> exhibition connects Klimt&#8217;s style and works with his education at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Highlights important teachers and themes in Klimt&#8217;s early development<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Includes around 180 items (18 from Klimt)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gorgeous examples of early Klimt works<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All info in English and German<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Runs Nov 3, 2021 &#8211; Mar 13, 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:<ul><li>Current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/mak\/\">MAK exhibition &amp; ticket info<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/exhibitions\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"37363\">Art exhibitions<\/a> in Vienna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/gustav-klimt\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2264\">Klimt&#8217;s footsteps<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"an-educational-journey\">An educational journey<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"370\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/teachingklimt.jpg\" alt=\"Gustav Klimt Poster; photo \u00a9 MAK\" class=\"wp-image-38266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/teachingklimt.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/teachingklimt-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Gustav Klimt, Poster for the 1st art exhibition of the Union of Austrian Artists \u2013 Secession, Vienna, 1898; Commissioner: Union of Austrian Artists \u2013 Secession; Print: Albert Berger, Vienna; Lithography MAK, PI 1658; photo \u00a9 MAK)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot of exhibitions like to trace the evolution of an artist&#8217;s style. Few travel further back to a time when the artist found themselves immersed in impressions and academic lessons that would leave a lasting influence on their professional development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MAK&#8217;s <em>Teaching Klimt: Studies at the School of Arts and Crafts<\/em> exhibition provides a notable exception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We all fall over ourselves to admire and laud those Klimt works that have entered the pantheon of great art. But a look at his educational roots reveals connections to those same paintings we might otherwise miss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guest curator Otmar Rychlik uses <em>Teaching Klimt<\/em> to reveal, particularly, the influence of those who taught Klimt while he attended the School of Arts and Crafts (today&#8217;s University of Applied Arts Vienna) and how this contributed to his emergence as a pillar of Vienna Modernism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The school first opened in 1867 and enjoyed associations with many grand names in Austrian art and design: Josef Hoffmann (subject of another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/josef-hoffmann-exhibition\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"37337\">2021\/2022 exhibition<\/a> in Vienna) and Koloman Moser both taught there, for example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By coincidence, the school enjoyed a close affiliation with the k. k. \u00d6sterreichischen Museums f\u00fcr Kunst und Industrie: the predecessor of the MAK, who host the <em>Teaching Klimt<\/em> exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exhibition features those teacher artists who exerted the greatest influence over Klimt in different thematic areas, such as portrayal of motifs from nature, and identifies parallels to his works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Teaching Klimt<\/em> illustrates these themes with the art produced both by the teachers and Klimt himself, showcasing some of the great man&#8217;s material from the very earliest days of his career (much of which might surprise those more familiar with his later works).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We discover, for example, how the white blooms in Klimt&#8217;s portrait of Sonja Knips echo Friedrich Sturm&#8217;s flower paintings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And you can imagine how Klimt&#8217;s <em>Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I<\/em>, riven through with gold, echoes Michael Rieser&#8217;s use of that colour in religious images. The parallels become implicit when you see, for example, Rieser&#8217;s 1882 design for the high altar mosaic of the Schottenkirche church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Klimt&#8217;s precise mastery of detail owes much to Rieser&#8217;s teaching, as well as that of Ferdinand Laufberger, who was Klimt&#8217;s professor and head of the school for many years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a bookworm and history aficionado, three standout exhibits are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Klimt&#8217;s 1889 watercolour female nude with laurel wreath from a homage to Karl von Hasenauer. Absolutely gorgeous<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Josef von Storck&#8217;s 1889 book design celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Imperial Royal Austrian Museum of Art and Industry: all glorious embossed silver, enamel, stone, and silk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Klimt&#8217;s school report from the 1877\/78 academic year. Not the rebel you might imagine: the dominant themes on the report are &#8220;very hardworking&#8221; and &#8220;excellent&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Teaching Klimt<\/em> also offers insights into other artists who served as inspiration for Klimt and perhaps drew him away from more traditional approaches to art: the likes of the German painter, Anselm von Feuerbach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although only one gallery, the displays shine a light on a rare aspect of the Klimt biography, adding a rather nice holistic and historical perspective to his story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tickets-and-dates\">Dates, tickets &amp; tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Trace Klimt&#8217;s influences from November 3rd, 2021 to March 13th, 2022. A simple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/mak\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"7100\">ticket to the MAK<\/a> gets you into the exhibition, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Themes are presented in wall text (in German and English). Be sure to pick up a folder, though, since this has information on each of the individual works on display (also in two languages).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more Klimt in Vienna, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/gustav-klimt\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2264\">this guide<\/a>. It reveals where to see his works and where to find landmarks of his life in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-to-get-to-the-exhibition\">How to get to the exhibition<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow the tips at the end of the main <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/mak\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"7100\">MAK page<\/a> to find the museum. Drop down to the lower floor; <em>Teaching Klimt<\/em> occupies the central space between the DESIGN LAB permanent areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Stubenring 5, 1010 Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1G1JqCaIFJT9xk7v01SX4IL93otIsKj2D\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just when you thought every aspect of Gustav Klimt had been examined in public detail, the MAK museum surprises us. 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