Better Times? Waldmüller and Biedermeier Vienna

45 min

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Hardly any era is considered so apolitical or has become so synonymous with the “the perfect world” as Biedermeier period. The painting of the time appears to confirm this impression: the people portrayed seem modest, domestic bliss appears carefree,...

Self-Portrait as a Young Man by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller

01:46 | Biedermeier | Second Floor

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Better Times? Waldmüller and Biedermeier Vienna

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Self-Portrait as a Young Man by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller

On Corpus Christi Morning by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller

The Bread Cutter by Moritz von Schwind

Emperor Maximilian I on the Martinswand by Moritz von Schwind

The Sentry Calling to Arms (“Present Arms”), by Carl Schindler

The Spreading Pine Tree in the Brühl Valley near Mödling by Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carolsfeld

St Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna by Rudolf von Alt

The Game of Chess by Josef Danhauser

Rudolf von Arthaber and his Children Rudolf, Emilie and Gustav by Friedrich von Amerling

Exhausted Strength by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller

Girl in Front of the Lottery Vault by Peter Fendi

Homage to Jacquin ("Jacquin's Monument") by Johann Knapp

The Grossglockner with the Pasterze Glacier by Thomas Ender

Rocky Landscape in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains by Caspar David Friedrich

Ravine in the Uttewalder Grund in Saxon Switzerland by August Heinrich

Stormy Seas around the Arco di Miseno near Miliscola, Looking toward Nisida by Joseph Rebell

Afternoon on Capri by Carl Blechen

Wenceslaus asks Rudolf von Habsburg for the Body of his Father King Ottokar Přemysl II by Anton Petter

Featured artworks

Self-Portrait as a Young Man

On Corpus Christi Morning

The Bread Cutter

Emperor Maximilian I on the Martinswand

The Sentry Calling to Arms (“Present Arms”)

The Spreading Pine Tree in the Brühl Valley near Mödling

St Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna

The Game of Chess

Rudolf von Arthaber and his children Rudolf, Emilie and Gustav

Exhausted Strength

Girl in Front of the Lottery Vault

Homage to Jacquin ("Jacquin's Monument")

The Grossglockner with the Pasterze Glacier

Rocky Landscape in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains

Ravine in the Uttewalder Grund in Saxon Switzerland

Stormy Seas around the Arco di Miseno near Miliscola, Looking toward Nisida

Afternoon on Capri

Wenceslaus asks Rudolf von Habsburg for the Body of his Father King Ottokar Přemysl II

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