In addition to the three faculty paintings for the Main Ceremonial Hall of the University of Vienna with the corresponding composition designs, the works that were burned include the overdoor paintings Music (1897/98) and Schubert at the Piano (1899) from the Palais of Nikolaus Dumba on Vienna’s Ringstraße as well as the paintings The Golden Apple Tree (1903), Country Garden with Calvary (1912), Wally (1916), Friends II (1916/17), Garden Path with Chickens (1916), and Leda (1917) from the expropriated collection of August and Serena Lederer.

The State Arts and Crafts Museum in Vienna (now the MAK) lost to the flames: the Laxenburg Room stored in Immendorf Castle, various objects from the MAK Asia Collection, arts and crafts from the early modern period, over fifty pieces of furniture, leather wallpaper, twelve carpets, and the Möchling Tomb, a wooden shrine carved in the shape of a Gothic church from the 15th century

Alongside original plans and a new architectural model of the castle, the exhibition will show a new film documentary on the events at Immendorf Castle with interviews with witnesses of the period. Original documents such as recovery lists kept at the MAK and valuable archive material provide further profound insights into the events.

On the exhibition
Lilli Hollein, General Director, MAK
Peter Weinhäupl, Director, Klimt Foundation, Vienna, Guest Curator 
Rainald Franz, Curator of the exhibition and Curator, MAK Glass and Ceramics Collection 

Free admission to the opening

Exhibition Dates
16.7.–21.9.2025