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Belvedere

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Belvedere

The highly valuable art collection of the Belvedere palace is split in two: while the Upper Belvedere (Oberes Belvedere) houses the collection of 19th and 20th-century art, the Lower Belvedere (Unteres Belvedere) serves as home to magnificent examples of baroque and medieval art. The vast collection on view at the 19th and 20th-century art gallery offers an overview of the multiple movements dominating the European - and, more specifically, Austrian - painting of the era. The list of the greatest treasures includes Gustav Klimt's über-famous and über-reproduced Kiss and his Bride, as well as Egon Shiele's renowned Death and the Maiden and Hans Makart's Five Senses. The collection provides an exhaustive and conclusive profile of the late 1800s and early 1900s art; here the division into Impressionism, Realism, Historicism, Fin-de-Siècle art, Classicism, Romanticism and Biedermeier justifies itself completely, serving to reveal the typical painting style and emotional pitch of each movement.
The Lower Belvedere is housed at the former apartments of Prince Eugene of Savoy, adding a very special - authentically magnificent - background to the paintings and sculptures on display.
The adjacent Orangery has been reconstructed to meet the needs of a contemporary exhibition hall.
The Augarten Contemporary exhibition hall (Scherzergasse 1a) is likewise part of the Belvedere complex.

Oberes Belvedere: 27 Prinz Eugen-Straße; Unteres Belvedere: 6 Rennweg

www.belvedere.at

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