The Lobkowitz Palace was the first important town palace built in Vienna after the second Ottoman siege in 1683. Philipp Sigmund Count of Dietrichstein was the owner, buying several real estates in the area, then used as pig market. After several years of planning, including a proper architectural competition, the imperial court engineer Giovanni Pietro Tencala was commissioned with the design and construction of the palace.

THE THEATERMUSEUM

The Theatermuseum at the Lobkowitz Palace evolved from the Theater Collection of the Austrian National Library. The collection was founded in 1922 only, however its pre-stages of systematic collecting activities of various theater related objects go back as far as the Baroque era. For instance, a compilation of the so called festival literature – richly illustrated accounts of pompous festivities at the stately courts – was presented in the library hall (ceremonial hall), which had been installed in 1726.
With the opening of the Austrian Theatermuseum at the Lobkowitz Palace on 26 October 1991 the theater collection of the Austrian National Library was eventually consolidated with the inventory of the Theatermuseum, resulting in one of the largest and most important collections in the field of theater with the possibility for presentations in magnificent show rooms. At the beginning of 2001 the Austrian Theatermuseum became part of the Kunsthistorisches Museum.


Modality including Nuda Veritas.

Gustav Klimt and Hermann Bahr

THE NAKED TRUTH. GUSTAV KLIMT AND HIS VIENNA AROUND 1900

On the occasion of the 160th anniversary of the birth of Gustav Klimt (1862–1918), the Theatermuseum is showcasing one of this great painter and graphic artist ‘s most important paintings, his Nuda Veritas (1899), in a new setting against the backdrop of radical artistic reform movements in Vienna around 1900.

Vienna around 1900 is shaped by a mood of departure in the artistic, intellectual, and academic fields. The city sees a unique concentration of cultural achievements that form the ground of the Viennese Modernism. When Gustav Klimt first exhibits his painting Nuda Veritas in 1899, he is the first president of the Vienna Secession since its foundation in 1897 and one of the movements ‘s figureheads. The painting is a bid for veracity in art, pleading for uncompromising artistic representation. With this work, Klimt reacts to the lack of understanding he encounters from the public. The proverbial ‚naked truth‘steps forward as a life-size nude holding up a mirror to her beholders.

In the new set up of the Nuda Veritas room at the Theatermuseum works originating from various collections of the museum surround Gustav Klimt's deeply symbolic painting. They were created by contemporary artists who, quite as the work demands, found their affirmation and their guidance in their own creations: Hermann Bahr, writer and playwright and one of the most important proponents of the Viennese Modernism. Anna Bahr-Mildenburg, celebrated Wagner singer at the Vienna Court Opera and Bahr's second wife. Joseph Maria Olbrich, architect of the Secession building and the villa of Hermann Bahr in the Viennese suburb Ober Sankt Veit. Gustav Mahler, director of the Vienna Court Opera, conductor and initiator of the opera reform. Eventually Alfred Roller, his congenial stage designer and his wife Mileva Roller, painter and enameller.

The Palais Lobkowitz / Theatermuseum

Now offers the new audio-guided tour Palais Lobkowitz – A Viennese City Palace Introduces Itself.

The Lobkowitz tour through one of the oldest baroque palaces in Vienna – the Palais Lobkowitz opposite the Augustinian Church – gives your guests the opportunity to look behind the gates of a traditional Viennese palace of the princely Lobkowitz family. With the audio-guided tour you will discover the unique history of this magnificent city palace and its close connection with two of the most important Viennese artists – Gustav Klimt and Ludwig van Beethoven.

Highlights of the tour:

-History of Vienna's Palais Lobkowitz, which is steeped in tradition
-Baroque architecture and the Fountain of Hercules
-Gustav Klimts Meisterwerk Nuda Veritas
-Beethoven and the famous Eroica Hall
-Teschner's Figure Mirror




MEETING POINT INSTRUCTIONS:

Getting here from Westbahnhof:
Subway U3 to Stephansplatz - Getting here from Hauptbahnhof/Central Station:Tramway D to Karlsplatz/Oper - Other Public transportation:
U1, U2, U3, U4, D, 1, 2, 62, 3A, 59A - BARRIER FREE ACCESS

Main gate barrier-free, door width 120 cm, behind the porch double swinging door, width 120 cm - Intercom at the main gate (porter / box office), staff will guide.


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PRINTED - Printed Voucher. Print and bring the voucher to enjoy the activity. 




Starting point: ADDRESS - location.Description, Vienna, Austria - (Longitude: 0.000000, Latitude: 0.000000)
Ending point: Same - Same as Starting Point

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