Klimt Villa Vienna
In the district of Hietzing, in a quiet location between residential buildings, there is a neo-baroque villa with a spacious garden. From 1911 until his death in 1918, Gustav Klimt created some of his most important works in a ground-floor garden house that he used as a studio. He worked on more than 50 paintings here, including world-famous pictures such as ‘Adele Bloch-Bauer II’, ‘Friederike Beer’, ‘The Bride’ and ‘Adam and Eve’. However, Klimt did not live to see the villa itself. It was only a few years after his death that the Hermann family, who owned the garden house, began to extend it. The extension, which created a neo-baroque villa, was only completed by its new owners, the Klein family, in 1923.
One of the aims of the Klimt Villa is to also take a critical look at the history surrounding Klimt. This current special exhibition ‘Klimt lost’ is part of this aim. It focuses on the many art collectors who were persecuted and robbed during the Nazi era, as well as the handling of looted paintings after 1945.
INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF THE KLIMT VILLA (AT 6 PM, AT 7 PM AND AT 8 PM)
A brief introduction to the history of the Klimt Villa and the special exhibition ‘Klimt lost’.
