Point of View #26
Towards the end of the 19th century, the techniques of photographic art reproduction were perfected and photography from paintings developed as a new line of business. In this context, the imperial painting collection also aroused international interest. The impending transfer of the collection from Belvedere Palace to the newly built Museum am Ring was seized as an opportunity to have the Old Master paintings systematically photographed for the first time. The difficulty was to reproduce the colourfulness of the paintings in black and white photographs.
The exhibition shows paintings, glass negatives, original prints as well as technical drawings by Löwy and explains the advanced technical processes of reproduction photography that he used.
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
1871 bis 1891 von Karl Hasenauer und Gottfried von Semper erbaut, zählt das Kunsthistorische Museum Wien zu den bedeutendsten Museen der Welt. Die prachtvolle Architektur bildet einen würdigen Rahmen für die von den Habsburgern über Jahrhunderte zusammengetragenen Sammlungen. Sie umfassen Objekte aus fünf Jahrtausenden, von der Zeit des Alten Ägypten bis zum Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts.
Colour in Black and White - Josef Löwy's Photography Turntable (1888–1891)
28 Oct 2022 - 1 May 2023
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Maria-Theresien-Platz, Wien, Österreich
War in Heaven, Creation of Eve, Fall and Expulsion
