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Apr 16, 2024 · April 2024. One of my favourite trips was to the Leopold Museum (LM), a newish museum on what had previously been the Congress Centre. With over 8,000 artworks, it houses one of the world’s most important collections of Austrian art, focusing on the second half of 19th century and subsequent Modernism. The museum’s holdings are based on….
Leopold Museum. Vienna has ophthalmologist Rudolf Leopold to thank for this splendid museum within the MuseumsQuartier. Leopold was a young student in 1950 when he bought his first Egon Schiele for a snip, and went on to amass a staggering private collection of 5266 paintings, mainly 19th-century and modernist Austrian artworks. In 1994 he sold ...
The Leopold Collection is one of the most significant collections of Austrian art in the world. It was started by Prof. Rudolf Leopold (1925-2010) in the 1950s and brings together nearly 6,000 exhibits. In 1994 it was consolidated into the Leopold Museum Private Foundation. The Leopold Museum houses the largest collection of works by Egon ...
Leopold Museum Director Wipplinger: “We are delighted to be welcoming Kerstin Jesse, an experienced researcher and established expert on Vienna 1900, into the Leopold Museum’s team.” Born in Klagenfurt in 1975, the art historian has worked since 2008 at the Belvedere, most recently as curator and research assistant for the museum’s ...
Together with the Republic of Austria and the Austrian National Bank, the collector Dr. Rudolf Leopold, who died in 2010 at the age of 85, consolidated his collection, which is now exhibited in a museum built by the Austrian state, into a private foundation. It is the largest and most visited museum in the newly created Museums Quartier.
Art Collector Rudolf Leopold. Egon Schiele Museum. Because Rudolf Leopold’s story is so intriguing I am going to share it here. Not least it was Leopold who catapulted Schiele to international fame. When Leopold (1925 to 2010) was training to be an eye doctor he discovered his passion for art. At his graduation his mother offered him a VW Beetle.
