Albertina
Established | 1805[citation needed] |
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Location | Albertinaplatz 1, Vienna, Austria |
Coordinates | 48°12′15″N 16°22′07″E / 48.20417°N 16.36861°E |
Type | Art museum |
Visitors | 360,073 (2020) |
Founder | Duke Albert Casimir |
Director | Dr. Klaus Albrecht Schröder |
Public transit access | U1, U2, U4 (Karlsplatz) |
Nearest parking | Operngarage |
Website | www |
The Albertina is a
History
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The Albertina was erected on one of the last remaining sections of the
The collection was created by Duke Albert with the Genoese count
In early 1919, the new
In March 1945, the Albertina was heavily damaged by USAAF bomb attacks. The building was rebuilt in the years after the war and was completely refurbished and modernized from 1998 to 2003. Modifications of the exterior entrance sequence, including a distinctive roof by Hans Hollein were completed in 2008, when the graphics collection finally reopened. In 2018, the Albertina acquired the Essl Collection of 1,323 contemporary artworks, including pieces by Alex Katz, Cindy Sherman, Georg Baselitz, Hermann Nitsch, and Maria Lassnig.[2]
On 27 May 2020, "Albertina modern" opened as a new museum for modern art. The collection of Albertina modern encompasses over 60,000 works by 5,000 artists.[3]
Gallery
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Study for the Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1495
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Young Hare by Albrecht Dürer (1502)
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The Girl with the Marmot by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, undated
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Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen by Georg Decker, c. 1847
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The White Horse "Gazelle" by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1881
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The Water Lily Pond, by Claude Monet, c. 1917–1919
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House Among the Roses by Claude Monet, c. 1918
References
- ^ The Art Newspaper, March 30, 2021
- ^ "Acquisitions of the month: October 2018". Apollo Magazine.
- ^ "Albertina modern | Vienna's new museum for modern art". www.albertina.at. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
External links
- Official website
- Some pictures of the repository
- Audioguide of the introduction
- "Albertina". artsandculture.google.com.
- Media related to Albertina, Vienna at Wikimedia Commons
Further reading
- Schröder, Klaus Albrecht, ed. (2018). Monet to Picasso. Vienna: Albertina. ISBN 978-3-95045-219-8.