Scarcely any other artist has been the subject of so much literature as has Gustav Klimt. Yet to date the formative influence of his years at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts has received far too little attention. The MAK is now turning its attention to this topic, whereby Ferdinand Laufberger, a professor of Klimt’s whom the latter revered his entire life, is being accorded a place of honor. Besides Laufberger, the Ringstraße artists Ludwig Minnigerode, Friedrich Sturm, and Michael Rieser also left their mark as Klimt’s teachers on his work. Doubtless induced by Rudolf Eitelberger, modern artists such as Anselm Feuerbach likewise exercised an enduring influence on Klimt’s artistic development. The exhibition is thus dedicated to the influence of these years in the School of Arts and Crafts on Klimt’s oeuvre as a whole. Works from the MAK’s rich inventory, on show for the first time, are complemented by loans from international collections, illustrating the relationship between Klimt’s vocational training and his later artistic development.
VISITING THE MUSEUM + GUIDED TOURS
2G (vaccinated or recovered)
A FFP2 mask must be worn during the entire visit to the museum.
REGISTRATION
Limited number of participants: registration is necessary - either in advance or directly on site if the tour is not fully booked.
HEADPHONES
The tour requires headphones. Please provide your own (3.5 mm standard connector) if possible.
FEE FOR GUIDED TOUR
Per person € 3,50 + admission to the museum
MEETING PLACE
MAK Columned Main Hall
![<BODY><div><div>Ferdinand Laufberger, Das Blinde-Kuh-Spiel [Blind Man’s Buff], Vienna, 1865</div><div>Oil on canvas</div><div>© Otmar Rychlik</div><div> </div></div><div> </div></BODY>](/jart/prj3/mak-resp/images/cache/fc1acf4a913e9486a613b06464c10417/0x6229729DD3E90FA48D7F649D3EC075B2.jpeg)
![<BODY><div>Gustav Klimt, The Fable, Copy for Allegorien und Embleme [Allegories and Emblems], no. 75a, Publisher: Gerlach & Schenk, Vienna, 1883</div><div>Oil on canvas </div><div>Wien Museum, 25001</div><div>© Birgit and Peter Kainz/Wien Museum </div><div> </div></BODY>](/jart/prj3/mak-resp/images/cache/c8255f0db57b7aea8334289643b5ba7b/0x94D2C4430E027B3C47A35878883DF29C.jpeg)
![<BODY><div>Ferdinand Laufberger, Garden and dining hall of the Heckmann villa in Berlin, </div><div>from: Architektonisches Skizzen-Buch [Architectural Sketch Book], Publisher: Ernst & Korn Berlin, before 1876</div><div>Lithography</div><div>MAK, BI 526-6</div><div>© MAK</div><div> </div></BODY>](/jart/prj3/mak-resp/images/cache/a1922e26eb525189d55909fc4251b2bf/0xE3D47F6D3673617DD12B112C8B3E21E4.jpeg)
![<BODY><div>Friedrich Sturm, Spielende Kinder, Allegorie der Jagd [Playing Children, Allegory of Hunting], undated</div><div>Oil on cardboard </div><div>© Otmar Rychlik</div><div> </div></BODY>](/jart/prj3/mak-resp/images/cache/7ef274772401632403f4d1758e9d0815/0x0560D8AFB9A92A294A7F3D9558F65F21.jpeg)
![<BODY><div>Friedrich Sturm, Spielende Kinder, Allegorie der Landwirtschaft [Playing Children, Allegory of Agriculture], undated</div><div>Oil on cardboard</div><div>© Otmar Rychlik</div><div> </div></BODY>](/jart/prj3/mak-resp/images/cache/f659650b951d90f3637634ef46048339/0x59D9A931751DC4038C722B82FFF183BD.jpeg)
![<BODY><div>Ferdinand Laufberger, Allegorien der Architektur [Allegories of Architecture], Design for the façade of the Imperial Royal Austrian Museum of Art and Industry, Vienna, before 1871</div><div>Pencil, India ink, watercolor, white highlights</div><div>MAK KI 3978-79-1</div><div>© MAK</div></BODY>](/jart/prj3/mak-resp/images/cache/1c9314a544ab7b8ba73466ee6fdc77fa/0x77EC6A96BD09A822648FE2F93966E0A8.jpeg)
