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Essl Museum
The Essl Museum contains undoubtedly the most important collection
of Austrian post-war art and present art. About 4.500 works of
contemporary Austrian and international artists are presented
in the new museum, on 3.200 m2 a very broadminded exhibition
space a sculpture garden, a cafe and a Bookshop accommodateds.
The Exhibits:
With its 6,000 exhibits the Essl
Museum today offers an excellent overview of Austrian painting
since 1945, placing it in an international context. Whenever
possible the collectors acquired a number of works by those artists
that were of decisive importance for Austrian art. Collecting in
depth was always an essential idea and the artists' development
in the course of their oeuvre was to be shown.
The scope of the Austrian exhibits in the Collection ranges from
the Abstract Expressionism of the 50s and 60s to the Vienna Actionism
and New Painting of the 80s and all the way to the reductionist
art of the 90s.
Only a few of the numerous important artists can be mentioned here: Arnulf Rainer, Sam Francis, Maria
Lassnig, Antoni Tapiès, Hermann Nitsch, Günther Brus,
Georg Baselitz, Markus Lüpertz und VALIE EXPORT sind
ebenso vertreten wie Arbeiten von Gerhard Richter, Siegfried
Anzinger, Peter Kogler, Sean Scully, Per Kirkeby und Elke
Krystufek. Seit einigen Jahren wird die Sammlung durch Fotografie,
Video und Skulptur erweitert, beispielsweise durch Arbeiten von
Franz West, Nam June Paik, Shirin Neshat, Cindy Sherman und
Jannis Kounellis.
In addition to the post-war paintings the Collection contains an
important group of works of Classical Austrian Modernism.
Artists such as Herbert Boeckl and Albert Paris Gütersloh, who
played an important role in the new Austrian art after 1945, are
of particular significance, but the Collection also includes high-quality
works by Alfred Kubin and the artists of the "Nötscher Kreis".
Opening hours
Tue - Sun: 10.00 - 18.00
Wed: 10.00 - 21.00 - Free Admission 18:00 - 21.00
Mon: closed
Contact
3400 Klosterneuburg
An der Donau-Au 1,
Tel: +43 (0) 2243-370 50 150
www.sammlung-essl.at
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