#Austria

European Art

Eerie Paintings of Franz Sedlacek

Franz Sedlacek is one of the most important Austrian painters of the interwar period. His paintings portray the darkness, oppressiveness, and...

Errika Gerakiti 10 July 2026

Art Nouveau

Gustav Klimt in 10 Paintings

Gustav Klimt’s lavish gold motifs, intricate patterns, and sensuous nudes were as innovative as they were controversial. Breaking from his...

Theodore Carter, 2 July 2026

Gustav Klimt, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (detail), 1904-07, oil, silver, and gold on canvas, Neue Galerie New York Masterpiece Stories

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 18 June 2026

Gustav Klimt, Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer, 1914-1916, Private Collection Painting

The Most Expensive Klimt in the World: $236M Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer

The gavel falls, and the Sotheby’s auction room in New York explodes into applause. Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer has just shaken...

Javier Abel Miguel 11 June 2026

Egon Schiele paintings. Egon Schiele, Portrait of Wally Neuzil, 1912. Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria. Expressionism

10 Egon Schiele Paintings That Defined a Life and a Movement

Egon Schiele lived for 28 years and painted as though he knew exactly how many years he had. Few bodies of work in modern art carry the biographical...

Errika Gerakiti 1 June 2026

Art Nouveau

Nature in Art: Gustav Klimt’s Enchanting Depictions of Trees

Gustav Klimt, the master of the Vienna Secession, is known for his golden paintings full of fantastic creatures, rich ornaments, and beautiful women...

Zuzanna Stańska 29 May 2026

Sculpture

Franz Xaver Messerschmidt and His Bizarre Character Heads

The so-called character heads created by Franz Xaver Messerschmidt are not only a bizarre collection of sculptures but also a unique portrayal of...

Zuzanna Stańska 14 April 2026

Animals

The Magical Menagerie of Norbertine Bresslern-Roth

Always moving, impenetrable, and ephemeral, animals are among the most difficult subjects for an artist to depict. Using a new style of printmaking...

Louisa Mahoney 10 March 2026

OLGA WISINGER-FLORIAN, Summer‘s Evening (Roses in Full Splendor), 1896 © Leopold Private Collection Photo: Leopold Museum, Vienna/Manfred Thumberger Painting

Olga Wisinger-Florian: The Queen of Flower Paintings from Vienna’s Golden Age

For a long time the memory of Viennese flower painter Olga Wisinger-Florian slumbered underneath a duvet of withered petals. Who knew that it was she...

Kero Fichter 27 February 2026

Museum Stories

The Story of Hitler’s Unrealized Art Museum in Linz

The Hitler’s Museum – originally in German called Das Führermuseum, was luckily an unrealized art museum within a cultural complex planned by...

Zuzanna Stańska 4 February 2026

Erotica

The Pornographic World of Egon Schiele’s Nudes

Egon Schiele’s nudes can challenge us and our preconceptions of the artistic tradition of the “nude”. He didn’t paint or draw idealized...

Zuzanna Stańska 27 January 2026

WTF Art History

10 Times When Egon Schiele Mastered Hip Hop Hand Gestures

Art is a serious thing. But sometimes, some associations, once they pop up in your head, just can’t disappear. I didn’t find any scientific...

Zuzanna Stańska 27 January 2026