Wiener Werkstätte: The Viennese Design Brand You’ve Always Dreamt Of
Heard of Bauhaus? Yes. Heard of De Stijl? Yes. Heard of Wiener Werkstätte? No. No?! That’s the problem: I hadn’t heard of Wiener Werkstätte...
Magda Michalska 20 December 2025
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Architecture or Jewelry? Josef Hoffmann’s Modern Brooches
Josef Hoffmann was the leading architect of the Secession and pupil of Otto Wagner, close friend and collaborator of Gustav Klimt and Koloman Moser,...
Magda Michalska 18 December 2025
Haunting Town Paintings by Egon Schiele
Austrian artist Egon Schiele is best known for his shamelessly erotic and frank representations of human form. But alongside his startlingly...
Jon Kelly 11 December 2025
Masterpiece Story: Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer by Gustav Klimt
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I is Gustav Klimt’s most significant work of portraiture. The famous Lady in Gold has as many eye-catching...
Emily Snow 9 December 2025
Gustav Klimt’s Last Painting—Lady with a Fan
Since its creation, at the end of Gustav Klimt’s life, Lady with a Fan was controversial. The piece was shown to the public only three times,...
Giordana Goretti 6 December 2025
5 Stories Behind Gustav Klimt Masterpieces
Have you ever looked upon Gustav Klimt’s portrait of The Lady in Gold and wondered why she was so worshipped? What made the artist immortalize her...
Guest Author 5 December 2025
Viennese Actionism: Between the Bestial and the Sublime
Naked bodies, violence, and destructive art. The term Viennese Actionism refers to a radical and explicit form of performance art that developed in...
Caroline Galambosova 24 November 2025
The Art of Adolf Hitler: Idyllic Paintings of a Monster
Adolf Hitler is one of history’s most notorious dictators. After coming to power as Führer of Nazi Germany, he and his followers were responsible...
Abreeza Thomas 23 October 2025
Egon Schiele: Art on the Verge of Eroticism and Pathology
The provocative artworks of the Austrian Expressionist Egon Schiele are not just about exploring the sexuality of human bodies. The artist also...
Nataliia Pecherska 17 October 2025
Masterpiece Story: The Peasant Wedding by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Kunsthistorisches Museum (the Museum of Art History) is located in Vienna, Austria. It is the largest art gallery in the country, housing the...
Anastasia Manioudaki 12 October 2025
Masterpiece Story: Forest Lane near Schärfling by Emil Jakob Schindler
Forest Lane near Schärfling by Emil Jakob Schindler is a masterpiece of Austrian Impressionism. It is an enchanting place where the natural...
James W Singer 21 September 2025
Gustav Klimt and Emilie Flöge—The Everlasting Friendship
Gustav Klimt and Emilie Flöge were inseparable for years. Although it was never proven that there was something romantic between the two of them,...
Zuzanna Stańska 30 July 2025
