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Before ‘The Kiss,’ Gustav Klimt Got His First Big Art Assignment at This Austrian Theater. Now Visitors Can See His Ceiling Paintings Up Close for the First Time
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- The paintings on the Burgtheater s ceiling depict the history of Western theater.
- Vienna’s Burgtheater is offering tours of its 60-foot-high ceiling, where for the first time the public can see some of Gustav Klimt’s earliest artworks up close.
- Klimt, his brother Ernst and fellow Austrian Franz Matsch created 10 oil paintings for the ceiling of the theater from 1886 to 1888—Klimt’s first big commission.
The paintings on the Burgtheater s ceiling depict the history of Western theater. C.Stadler/Bwag via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 The hottest ticket in Vienna right now offers the chance to climb some scaffolding.
Vienna’s Burgtheater is offering tours of its 60-foot-high ceiling, where for the first time the public can see some of Gustav Klimt’s earliest artworks up close.
Klimt, his brother Ernst and fellow Austrian Franz Matsch created 10 oil paintings for the ceiling of the theater from 1886 to 1888—Klimt’s first big commission.
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