{"id":7734,"date":"2019-01-18T07:03:16","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T06:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=7734"},"modified":"2024-06-21T16:25:14","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T15:25:14","slug":"kurt-klagsbrunn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/kurt-klagsbrunn\/","title":{"rendered":"Kurt Klagsbrunn 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\/01\/jewsish_museum_small.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/jewsish_museum_small.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/jewsish_museum_small-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>What has the life of a Jewish photographer in post-WWII Brazil got to do with a Viennese student of the 1930s? In Kurt Klagsbrunn&#8217;s case, it&#8217;s the same person. The Jewish Museum in Vienna has a small exhibition in his honour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mainly photos from his career in Brazil, with items documenting his life in the late 1930s before emigrating<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Just one room, so quick to experience<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Runs Dec 5, 2018 to May 19, 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/jewish-museum\/\">Jewish Museum visitor &amp; tickets info<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Current &amp; future <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/exhibitions\/#photography\">photo exhibitions<\/a> in Vienna<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What&#8217;s it all about?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Born in 1918, Kurt Klagsbrunn was a Viennese student looking forward to a career in medicine. At least that was the plan until the rise of national socialism. He fled Vienna in 1938 to build a new life as a professional photographer in Brazil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Klagsbrunn&#8217;s photos form a historical record of Brazilian life, fashion, social change, and industrial development, his shots documenting everything from high-society parties to construction projects&#8230;capturing everyone from the rich and famous to the simple shoe polisher. His work appeared in numerous publications, including Time magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exhibition itself deals with the two worlds inhabited by Klagsbrunn &#8211; a youthful Brazil and 1930s Austria in the grip of fascism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photos from the Klagsbrunn collection, focusing on his adopted country, seem to exude a kind of joyfulness and lightness of being that you don&#8217;t find in the displayed items from late 1930s Vienna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is nothing overtly dramatic or notable in those items from Klagsbrunn&#8217;s Viennese life until you look closer. They seem almost weighed down by history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The banality of a tennis club membership card contrasts with the implied discrimination of a military document confirming his Jewish status. An innocent-looking emigration form includes the question, &#8220;Aryan or non-Aryan?&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It only takes a few minutes to explore the room, but the harsh contrast between Brazilian optimism and the darker days of Austria is quite powerful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>P.S. Be sure to check the beautiful ceiling in the exhibition room too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dates, tickets &amp; tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Klagsbrunn exhibition fills a room on the first floor of the main location of the Jewish Museum. You don&#8217;t need a special ticket, just a normal entrance ticket for the museum. The museum is included in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/vienna-pass-review\/\">Vienna Pass<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exhibition runs from Wednesday, December 5, 2018 to Sunday, May 19th, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get to the Klagsbrunn exhibition<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>See suggestions on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/jewish-museum\/\">main page<\/a> for the Jewish Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Dorotheergasse 11, 1010 Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1kuTU0C-76Mhn7ArHvQRPPPNUQ_y5QnDH\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What has the life of a Jewish photographer in post-WWII Brazil got to do with a Viennese student of the 1930s? 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