Neue Galerie Graz English From Biedermeier to the Present The Collection of the Neue Galerie Neue Galerie Graz, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Joanneumsviertel, 8010 Graz T +43–699/1780-9500, Tuesday–Sunday 10am–5pm
[email protected], www.museum-joanneum.at This text is published in conjunction with the permanent exhibition of the Neue Galerie Graz. The Neue Galerie Graz is part of the Universalmuseum Joanneum, founded in 1811 by Archduke Johann. It emerged in 1941 as a result of the division of the Landesbildergalerie into the Alte Galerie and the Neue Galerie. The gallery’s own collection includes artworks from the early 19th century through to the pre- sent. A small selection of works from the extensive collection is on show within the permanent exhibition. On the ground floor of the museum, exhibits range from Classicist paintings through to the pre- decessors of Modernism in Styria in the mid-20th century. On the upper floor, the permanent exhibition continues with a selection of works from the 1960s to the present day. Groundfloor/Level 0: 1794) showing Orpheus, the singer who was reputed to have enchanted man and gods—and Classicism and early Realism even stones—with the magic of his music. Due to the influence of the Vienna Following the end of the Napole- Academy of Fine Arts, classicist onic Wars in 1815, Chancellor art played a prominent role within Metternich introduced an oppres- the Austrian art establishment at sive regime to stifle liberal and the turn of the 19th century. Clas- democratic tendencies and sup- sicist artists sought to emulate port the former pre-revolutionary the art of classical antiquity, an system of power in Austria.