Exact replicas of wall designs, an architectural model and numerous plans and preparatory sketches for Klimt’s Stoclet Frieze provide a valuable insight into the story behind the construction of this Art Nouveau Gesamtkunstwerk. This unusual building and its lavish interiors are presented in detail for the first time at this special exhibition. The exhibition focuses on Klimt and Hoffmann’s collaboration on the Palais Stoclet in Brussels, the only true “Gesamtkunstwerk”, or total work of art, produced by the Wiener Werkstätte. Such outstanding projects as the Beethoven exhibition at the Vienna Secession in 1902 and the Stoclet Palace in Brussels, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, were landmarks for generations to come. They frequented the same circles, worked for the same clientele, and were both leading personalities in Vienna’s newly emerging art scene. Over two decades, they were joined in their artistic and social activities, even if the intensity of their collaboration varied over time. The painter Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) and the architect and product and interior designer Josef Hoffmann shared a common vision of an art that was meant to touch all spheres of life. With “Gustav Klimt/Josef Hoffmann”, the Belvedere pays tribute to two pioneers of Modernism in a comprehensive exhibition that simultaneously introduces the Klimt Year 2012. Vienna.- The Belvedere is proud to present “Gustav Klimt/Josef Hoffmann: Pioneers of Modernism”, on view at the Lower Belvedere Palace until March 4th.
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