Vienna - Linz around 1900

The exhibition invites visitors to explore the multi-layered connections between Upper Austria and the international art scene of the fin de siècle.

Starting from the heyday of historicism in Linz, which culminated in the construction of the Francisco Carolinum, the exhibition sheds light on the exciting development of modernism in Linz.

What did the city look like around 1900? What traces did the dawn of modernism in Vienna, the founding of the Wiener Werkstätte and the revolutionary works of artists such as Tina Blau, Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka, Koloman Moser and Egon Schiele leave behind in Linz?

The exhibition is not only dedicated to the question of how the works of these important artists ended up in the collections of the province of Upper Austria, but also focuses on Upper Austrian artistic personalities. The focus is on the master draughtsmen Alfred Kubin and Klemens Brosch as well as the material artist Leopold Forstner, whose main works are located in Linz.

These extraordinary artists shaped the cultural reorientation of Upper Austria and provided important impulses that supported the artistic awakening.