Say It with Flowers!: Viennese Flower Painting from Waldmuller to Klimt

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Say It with Flowers!: Viennese Flower Painting from Waldmuller to Klimt
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Rolf Johannsen
By (author) Stella Rollig
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:224
Dimensions(mm): Height 285,Width 235
Category/GenreArt and design styles - c 1800 to c 1900
Painting and paintings
ISBN/Barcode 9783791357928
ClassificationsDewey:758.42
Audience
General
Illustrations 200 illustrations

Publishing Details

Publisher Prestel
Imprint Prestel
Publication Date 2 July 2018
Publication Country Germany

Description

With radiant colour and lavish detail, this collection of 19th and early 20th-century Viennese floral paintings tells a captivating story of artistic transformation. In this breathtaking book, richly illustrated chapters explore different artists' takes on floral paintings. Outstanding Viennese artists, from Ferdinand Georg Waldmuller to Gustav Klimt, tested their skills by painting opulent floral works. Readers will learn how the depiction of flowers in this period echoed the evolution of painting styles as artists liberated themselves from formal techniques, how women, excluded from painting academies, turned to flowers as a means of expression and emancipation, and how modern artists are influenced today by floral masterpieces of the past. Additional chapters examine the role of the sunflower in particular and the role of orientalism in the Biedermeier period, while brief essays on porcelain painting and botany provide additional perspectives. Generously illustrated, this wide-ranging and informative history offers a veritable bounty of floral delights. AUTHORS: Rolf H. Johannsen is Curator at the Belvedere. He recently curated the exhibition Ferdinand Georg Waldmuller (2015) and Johann Peter Krafft: Painter of a New Austria (2016). Stella Rollig is CEO and scientific director of the Belvedere. 200 images

Author Biography

ROLF H. JOHANNSEN is Curator at the Belvedere. He recently curated the exhibition Ferdinand Georg Waldmuller (2015) and Johann Peter Krafft. Painter of a New Austria (2016). STELLA ROLLIG is CEO and scientific director of the Belvedere.