The Leopold Museum is located in Vienna, Austria, at MuseumsQuartier. This place is new, it was established in 2001 on the basis of the former private art collection of Rudolph and Elisabeth Leopold. It houses the world’s largest Schiele collection and many works from Gustav Klimt. The museum’s marketing material has such a modern appeal and Schiele’s self portraits on it’s folder, in it’s facade and on it’s ticket to get in brought me the feeling that I was actually buying an conceptual rock music album. It took me 11 Euros to buy my way in and everything suggested I was about to enter a very exciting world.

Right there, by the entrance door I was surprised to see Paul Nestlangs exhibition.

Part of Paul Nestlangs exhibition

I don’t know if that happens everywhere in the world, I am kind of new to this “going to museums” thing, but one thing that I didn’t like to notice in Leopold Museum is that the reflexes of the lighting are always in your way between the artwork and a correct appreciation of it. Sometimes because there is reflexive glass protecting the paintings, others, simply because the materials chosen by the artists are highly reflexive. It is particularly terrible if the picture is standing against some window. Also, the impression I got is that the rooms are carefully projected to make good photographs of the artwork impossible. Different color temperatures everywhere, mind blowing reflections, bright variations that drove me crazy. Well, enough of words. Lets get to what thrilled me at Leopold Museum.

Rudolf Wacker - Stillleben mit Puppe und Hund, 1923 / Die Hysterische Puppe, 1924.

Werner Berg - Mann mit Pferd und Schlitten, 1933 / Schweinemarkt, 1934.

Greta Freist - La Femme Aux Roses, 1937. / Sergius Pauser - Madchen Vor Dem Spiegel, 1931.

Ernst Huber - Waldbach im Winter. / Aksel Waldemar Johannessen - Early Spring, 1918/1920.

Anton Kolig - Akt mit Sense, 1924. / Hanns (JEAN) Kralik - Aus meinem Fenster, 1930.

Koloman Moser - Venus in der Grotte, 1914 /Ver Sacrum XIII, 1902 /Liebespaar, 1913.

Koloman Moser - Meerjungfrau, 1914.

Alfred Kubin - Die Melancholie, 1910 / Gespenstischer Tänzer, 1899-1900.

Egon Schiele - Liebesakt (Studie), 1915 / Gustav Klimt - Frau im Profil.

Guest book of the >>Weisse Rose<< Inn in Maria Laach/Jauerling with entries and sketches by Egon Schiele and Wally Neuzil, 1913.

Finally Leopold Museum Is beautiful regarding its architecture and has some good explanations regarding the art periods, artists,  and influences, but in terms of content it wasn’t as exciting as I expected. Unfortunately Egon Schiele’s works that I wanted to see are not there (Maybe because of the Schiele’s show that is happening at the same time, at Belvedere Museum) and I thought I would be seeing more exciting unknown paintings. Anyways, It was a good start! The few things that surprised me were already good enough! And a few hours is just not enough time to really appreciate what a museum has at its best.

Leopold Museum's folder w/ Schiele's self portrait that was not there.