{"id":55421,"date":"2023-01-03T19:23:05","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T18:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=55421"},"modified":"2024-11-05T10:11:16","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T09:11:16","slug":"durer-munch-miro-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/durer-munch-miro-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"D\u00fcrer, Munch, Mir\u00f3 &#038; more"},"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\/2022\/12\/printmakingsmall.jpg\" alt=\"Excerpt from a D\u00fcrer print\" class=\"wp-image-54726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/printmakingsmall.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/printmakingsmall-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>As the grey skies of winter give way to spring sunshine, the Albertina has a celebratory treat for us: an exhibition tracing the great masters of printmaking through the centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Numerous notable names &amp; their works<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Draws on the extraordinary in-house collection<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Runs Jan 27 &#8211; May 14, 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/albertina\/\">Albertina overview &amp; info<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/exhibitions\/\">art exhibitions<\/a> in Vienna<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/prints-printmaking\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"56749\">Printmaking terms explained<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Masters of Printmaking<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"409\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/printmaking1.jpg\" alt=\"A Hendrick Goltzius engraving\" class=\"wp-image-54731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/printmaking1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/printmaking1-293x300.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Hendrick Goltzius; Phaeton, 1588; copperplate engraving; photo courtesy of and \u00a9 The Albertina Museum, Vienna)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>D\u00fcrer, Munch, Mir\u00f3: the Great Masters of Printmaking<\/em> is the first of two exhibitions marking the 20th anniversary of the Albertina&#8217;s reopening in 2003.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exhibition features works from the in-house archives, which date back rather longer than 20 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When a museum draws largely on its own collections, the jaded observer might wonder about the likely quality. Not, though, when that collection is the one at the Albertina museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Imagine Wimbledon presenting the great tennis players of the past only using photos taken at their own tournament. They&#8217;d probably manage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Duke Albert of Saxe-Teschen began everything back in the late 1700s. His and later acquisition efforts have produced a huge resource that includes over a million drawings and prints.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"310\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/printmaking3.jpg\" alt=\"Self portrait by Munch\" class=\"wp-image-55438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/printmaking3.jpg 310w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/printmaking3-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Edvard Munch, self-portrait (with skeleton arm), 1895; lithograph with lithographic chalk; photo courtesy of and \u00a9 The Albertina Museum, Vienna)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Which brings us back to D\u00fcrer, Munch, Mir\u00f3, and friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exhibition traces the evolution of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/prints-printmaking\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"56749\">graphic prints<\/a> from the efforts of the late Middle Ages through to the 20th century. (Pop art and later implementations appear in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/andy-warhol-damien-hirst\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"56960\">sister exhibition<\/a> at the Albertina Modern.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It all begins with a rare 14th-century woodcut and startling examples by Martin Sch\u00f6ngauer from the early 1470s. His engraving <em>The Temptation of St. Anthony<\/em> has a clarity and Bosch-like sense of imagination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What then follows, while not intended as comprehensively chronological, takes us through centuries of artistic and technological developments featuring prints by a panoply of art greats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So we encounter Albrecht D\u00fcrer (including his iconic 1515 rhino) and Pieter Bruegel the Elder.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/duererprintmaking.jpg\" alt=\"Rhino print by Albrecht D\u00fcrer\" class=\"wp-image-56546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/duererprintmaking.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/duererprintmaking-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Albrecht D\u00fcrer, Das Rhinozerus, 1515, woodcut and letterpress, courtesy of and \u00a9 the Albertina Museum, Vienna)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rembrandt and Goya (including etchings from his <em>The Disasters of War<\/em> series).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canaletto, \u00c9douard Manet, and Hogarth (to warm an English heart).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Posters by Toulouse-Latrec and studies by Edvard Munch (like his 1902 <em>The Kiss IV<\/em> woodcut).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then on to dip into works by Pierre Bonard, Max Klinger, and Paul Klee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chagall, Matisse, Kollwitz, and even David Hockney. And many more!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kollwitzprintmaking.jpg\" alt=\"Print by K\u00e4the Kollwitz\" class=\"wp-image-56547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kollwitzprintmaking.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kollwitzprintmaking-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(K\u00e4the Kollwitz, Die M\u00fctter (Krieg, Blatt 6), 1922\/1923, woodcut, courtesy of and \u00a9 the Albertina Museum, Vienna)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What remains from a viewing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For me, an admiration for the artists&#8217; ability to overcome the limitations of technology to produce works full of expression and\/or clarity. Miracles arise from mere lines and areas of light and dark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An appreciation for the medium. Those (like me) unversed in art history my be surprised by the names above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The links to the past in more recent print works. Ernst Fuchs&#8217;s 1949 <em>May Picture<\/em>, for example, carrying echoes of those Renaissance efforts from a few rooms earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the synergy between technology and artistic advances. Side-by-side comparisons of a woodcut with the chiaroscuro version, for example, bring that home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All-in-all a deserving tribute to the Albertina collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tickets\">Dates, tickets &amp; tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Enjoy a journey through the master artists of printmaking history from January 27th to May 14th, 2023. Any entrance ticket from or for the Albertina includes the exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Different print techniques can become confusing. The exhibition offers some help, for example, through explanatory videos. But a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/prints-printmaking\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"56749\">quick revision of terms<\/a> like woodcuts, etchings, engravings, chiaroscuro, and lithographs might give you an even fuller appreciation of the works on display.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As mentioned, the <em>D\u00fcrer, Munch, Mir\u00f3<\/em> exhibition forms one half of an event duo. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/andy-warhol-damien-hirst\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"56960\">Andy Warhol to Damien Hirst exhibition<\/a> runs concurrently at the Albertina Modern from February 24th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the spring treats don&#8217;t end there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, the Albertina itself has the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/bruegel-drawings\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"55769\">Bruegel and his Time<\/a> exhibition from February 15th, with drawings by this icon and his contemporaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And if we&#8217;re dropping into Renaissance Flanders, then pop into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/khm\/overview\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1446\">Kunsthistorisches Museum<\/a>. It just happens to have the world&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/khm\/bruegel-collection\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"18166\">largest collection<\/a> of paintings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. You&#8217;ll find D\u00fcrer and others there too, of course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get there<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Albertina is one of those museums you wander past on any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/transport\/walking-tour\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"50322\">meander around Vienna&#8217;s centre<\/a>, but look for the travel tips at the bottom of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/albertina\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2995\">main museum article<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Albertinaplatz 1, 1010 Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1zfWanf5rPBbnTLLDuah2uixe-Nw\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enjoy the great masters of printmaking through the centuries. 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