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Better Times? Waldmüller and Biedermeier Vienna
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, rural life idyllic. Yet this is only one side of the coin. Closely connected to political developments, the Biedermeier...
45 mins
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Self-Portrait as a Young Man by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller
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1:46
On Corpus Christi Morning by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller
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2:25
The Bread Cutter by Moritz von Schwind
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1:23
Emperor Maximilian I on the Martinswand by Moritz von Schwind
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1:46
Wenceslaus asks Rudolf von Habsburg for the Body of his Father King Ottokar Přemysl II by Anton Petter
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2:20
The Sentry Calling to Arms (“Present Arms”), by Carl Schindler
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1:45
The Spreading Pine Tree in the Brühl Valley near Mödling by Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carolsfeld
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1:35
St Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna by Rudolf von Alt
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1:29
The Game of Chess by Josef Danhauser
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2:30
Rudolf von Arthaber and his Children Rudolf, Emilie and Gustav by Friedrich von Amerling
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2:13
Exhausted Strength by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller
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1:53
Girl in Front of the Lottery Vault by Peter Fendi
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1:42
Homage to Jacquin ("Jacquin's Monument") by Johann Knapp
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2:37
The Grossglockner with the Pasterze Glacier by Thomas Ender
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2:48
Rocky Landscape in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains by Caspar David Friedrich
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1:14
Ravine in the Uttewalder Grund in Saxon Switzerland by August Heinrich
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1:52
Stormy Seas around the Arco di Miseno near Miliscola, Looking toward Nisida by Joseph Rebell
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2:44
Afternoon on Capri by Carl Blechen
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2:00
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