Jahresbericht 2011 - Presse - Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien

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archIVes, puppet theatre, bagatelles and
paIntIng
Besides research on various new cases and the documentation
of the reverse sides of paintings in the picture
collection, the work of the archives concentrates on the
objects in the collections of Mathilde and oskar Strnad,
as well as those of eva Henriette and Margarethe
Sonnenthal. in addition a data bank on the documentation,
administration and exploration of provenience
characteristics was evolved.
photography collectIon
Almost 10,000 photos were entered into the TMS.
Approximately 6000 photos were digitalised.
drawIngs
The Art for Art costume workshops made a major
donation comprising about 2000 costume figurines from
the years 1960 to 2000 from the Viennese federal
theatres; such valuable pieces as designs by Jean-Pierre
Ponnelle or Achim Freyer were among them.
lIbrary
The project THEO – Theatre bill Online was carried
out in the context of the university course Library and
Information Studies (MSc) 2010/2011. The majority of
the 19th-century theatre bills in the Austrian Theatre
Museum’s library were checked for completeness and
registered in an online data bank.
restoratIon
Besides supervising loans for exhibitions, the textile and
paper restoration department was mainly preoccupied
with preparations for moving items from the collection
to the new depot.
the museum and the publIc
The diverse range of offers was enriched by two longerterm
projects entitled Bretter, die die Welt bedeuten –
selbst gestalten, and Über den eigenen Schatten springen
organised in the context of the educational initiative
“Arts education for Schools in Federal Museums in
2011”, sponsored by the Federal Ministry of education,
Art and culture, with additional consultation by the
organisation KulturKontakt Austria.
exhIbItIons
dürer – cranach – holbein
The Discovery of Man: the German Portrait around 1500
31 May to 4 September 2011
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Main Building
16 September 2011 to 15 January 2012
Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, München
After over five hundred years the exhibition ventured to
follow the traces of Albrecht Dürer and his most famous
artist colleagues Lucas cranach and Hans Holbein the
Younger. The early German art of painting portraits had
never before been the subject of a major public exhibition
devoted specifically to that theme. outstanding
works of art show how, around 1500, the human being
shifted to the centre of artistic interest, and artists became
discoverers and inventors of the human picture.
For a long time old Dutch or italian portrait art overshadowed
the view of the German contributions to the
subject. Yet it was precisely German portrait painting,
whose greatest exponents were Albrecht Dürer, Lucas
cranach the elder, and Hans Holbein the Younger who
made significant and very individual artistic achievements,
whose particular strength lies in the authentic
rendition of a person, coupled with the subtle psychological
perception of the person portrayed. Moreover,
the portraits on display conveyed an insight into late
Mediaeval and early modern society as we encounter the
depicted persons in their explicit social roles.
winter tales
Depictions of Winter in european Art from
Brueghel to Beuys
18 october 2011 to 8 January 2012
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Main Building
impressionist art, Dutch painting and a great variety of
landscape depictions – these were the ingredients of the
few exhibitions mounted so far on the theme of winter.
These three successful components have now been considerably
extended by the Kunsthistorisches Museum in
cooperation with the Zurich Kunsthaus. Going beyond
genre definitions and national borders a broad-ranging
selection of 180 western european works of art were
presented. The chronological sequence of the works
extended from 1450 to the present. Besides depictions
of need and misery in the winter, as well as carefree,
exuberant scenes including pictures of ice-skaters on
frozen lakes and rivers, the exhibition also showed Dutch
allegories of the months, scenes of winter festivities and
customs as well as still life paintings. even portraits were
included as they gave an insight into the relevant winter
fashion. The selection of paintings was further enhanced
by large-scale tapestries and a grand carousel sleigh, and
also with trophies, delicate china figures and precious
stone-cut objects. However, the main highlight came
from the Kunsthistorisches Museum’s own possessions:
the painting by Pieter Bruegel the elder entitled
Hunters in the Snow is probably the most famous picture
of winter in the western history of art.
terribly beautiful
Monstrosities in Art
(intermezzo 03)
15 February to 1 May 2011
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Main Building
al-Fann
Art from the islamic civilisation from
the al-Sabah collection, Kuwait
22 March to 19 June 2011
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Main Building
Jan Fabre
The Years of the Hour Blue
4 May to 28 August 2011
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Main Building
gods, man and money in ancient greece
21 June to 26 october 2011
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Main Building
5 november 2011 to 27 May 2012
coin cabinet of the city of Winterthur
“everything has turned out very nicely …”
(emperor Franz Joseph)
120 Years of the Kunsthistorisches Museum
18 october 2011 to 8 January 2012
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Main Building
renessenz
Facets of the renaissance
8 november 2011 to 15 April 2012
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Main Building
“heaven is Full of Violins”
The Violin in the Biedermeier and romantic Periods
14 April to 25 September 2011
Kunsthistorisches Museum
neue Burg
drink and be merry!
Bacchus hosts a party
7 April to 31 May 2011
Ambras castle
all’antica
Gods & Heroes at Ambras castle
23 June to 25 September 2011
Ambras castle