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Vienna (Austria), Sep 12 (EFE) .- (Camera: Antonio Sánchez) The Leopold Museum in Vienna has expanded its 'Vienna in 1900' with additions to 'The Schedlmayer Collection: A Discovery!', a private collection with works of architect Otto Prutscher.In 1989, pharmaceutical businessman Fritz Schedlmayer and his wife Hermi acquired the Villa Rothberger, built in 1902 in Baden, about 30 kilometres south of Vienna, and began a restoration during which they discovered the work of Otto Prutscher, a contemporary modernist artist.Prutscher, a representative of Viennese modernism, still relatively unknown today, had remodelled the house in 1912, transforming an unoriginal building applying principles of Viennese modernism.From there, the Schedlmayer family began to investigate his work and life and to acquire pieces designed by him: cabinets, display cabinets, glasses, vases, chairs, clocks and all kinds of pieces with the beauty and functionality of the Jugendstil (Viennese modernism).With this exhibition, the Leopold Museum, founded 20 years ago, expands the project "Vienna in 1900", a permanent exhibition launched in 2019 that explains the creative explosion, the political and intellectual upheaval that was lived at the time in the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.FOOTAGE OF THE LEOPOLD MUSEUM AND THE PRIVATE COLLECTION DEDICATED TO OTTO PRUTSCHER.
Vienna (Austria), May 23 (EFE) .- (Camera: Álex Giménez) A modern and secular society that seeks comfort and hope in divinity during the pandemic. This is the starting point of an exhibition at the Vienna Art History Museum that analyzes how different civilizations have sought contact with "higher powers" to face crises throughout history.FOOTAGE FROM THE MUSEUM OF ART HISTORY IN VIENNASOUNDBITES FROM GERLINDE GRUBER, RUDI RISSATI AND CLAUDIA AUGUST, CURATORS OF THE EXHIBITION
Vienna (Austria), 21 Feb, EFE, (Camera: Antonio Sánchez Solís).- Friedensreich Hundertwasser, known for his plant-aesthetic buildings that even inspired scenes from the "Lord of the Rings" films, is now revisited in an exhibition focusing on his pictorial work.FOOTAGE FROM THE EXHIBITION AT THE LEOPOLD MUSEUM IN VIENNA.
Vienna (Austria), 21 Feb, EFE.- Friedensreich Hundertwasser, known for his plant-aesthetic buildings that even inspired scenes from the "Lord of the Rings" films, is now revisited in an exhibition focusing on his pictorial work.(Camera: ANTONIO SÁNCHEZ SOLÍS Editor: AYEESHA HOLDER)
This is a sneak peek at the newest exhibition at the Smithsonian Museum called 'The Art of the Quran', which focuses on displaying Islam's holy book and items of Muslim art and culture to Americans to bridge cultures. The exhibition was organised by the Sackler Gallery in collaboration with the Museum of Turkish Islamic Arts in Istanbul. It features more than 60 of the most important and rarest Quran manuscripts ever produced in Turkey, Iran and Afghanistan, some of which were produced shortly after the Prophet Mohammed died some 1,300 years ago. The exhibition showcases Qurans of different origins, formats and styles, some massive and larger than life while others are ornately decorated, showing the wide range of Islamic art. These manuscripts were originally created for some of the most powerful rulers of the Islamic World, who empires spanned all of the Middle East, parts of India, North Africa, and even parts of Europe. The Art of the Quran is the first major US exhibition of early handwritten Quran manuscripts and the first time this unique collection has left Turkey. The Art of the Quran will open to the public on Saturday, October 22nd.