The Klimt-Villa in the Hietzing district of Vienna is recognizable as a two-story, neo-Baroque building surrounded by a quiet garden. While it carries the name of the painter Gustav Klimt, he never lived in this villa. Instead, he rented a…
Klimt and Schiele Vienna
Follow the artistic revolution of late 19th-century Vienna, tracing the masterpieces, scandals, and workspaces of Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele. We'll start at Klimt's final studio before sweeping through the city's grand galleries, museums, and historic halls to see their most defining works.
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1. Klimt-Villa
2. Burgtheater
The Burgtheater is marked by its imposing neo-baroque façade, which stands directly across from the Vienna City Hall on the Ringstrasse. This institution traces its origins to seventeen forty-one, when Empress Maria Theresa authorized the…
3. Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
The Kunsthistorisches Museum is defined by its octagonal dome, which rises above a palatial Renaissance-style building on the Ringstrasse. Commissioned by Emperor Franz Joseph the First and opened to the public in eighteen ninety-one, this…
4. Leopold Museum
The Leopold Museum is easily identified by its striking, five-story cube structure, finished entirely in white shell limestone from the Danube River. It anchors the MuseumsQuartier as a bright, geometric presence that contrasts with the…
5. Secession
You can identify the Secession building by the sprawling, gilded sphere of metal laurel leaves that crowns its roof. Residents of Vienna famously nicknamed this intricate dome the golden cabbage. The structure itself consists of stark,…
6. Belvedere Palace
The Belvedere complex is defined by two Baroque palaces, the Upper and Lower Belvedere, separated by a steep, terraced garden. These buildings were commissioned in the early eighteenth century as a summer residence for Prince Eugene of…
7. Museum of Applied Arts
The Museum of Applied Arts, known locally as the MAK, is housed in a grand red-brick building constructed in the Italian Early Renaissance style. Completed in eighteen seventy-one, it holds the distinction of being the first museum…