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[email protected] Mariahilferstraße 4, 8020 Graz, Austria Telephone +43-316/8017-9211 www.museum-joanneum.at Line, Light and Shadow Master Drawings of the Baroque Alte Galerie, Eggenberger Allee 90, 8020 Graz Opening: 30.04.2013, 7 p.m. Duration: 01.05.-28.07.2013 Curators: Karin Leitner-Ruhe and Christine Rabensteiner, Alte Galerie, Universalmuseum Joanneum; Regina Kaltenbrunner, Rossacher Collection in the Salzburg Museum Information: +43-316/8017-9773,
[email protected] In cooperation with Rossacher Collection in the Salzburg Museum In collaboration with the Rossacher Collection in the Salzburg Museum – which in autumn 2011 as the former Salzburger Barockmuseum had exhibited the Rembrandt etchings of the Alte Galerie – the Alte Galerie is showing a selection of works of Austrian and South German Baroque artists in its special exhibition, Line, Light and Shadow. Master Drawings of the Baroque, from May 1st, 2013 onwards. Besides its main focus on painted oil sketches, the Rossacher Collection includes a bundle of works drawn on paper. The Kupferstichkabinett of the Alte Galerie houses more than 400 freehand drawings. This exhibition comprises carefully selected works from both collections. With a few exceptions, the Baroque hand drawing should not be seen an artwork in its own right. It was primarily a form of preparation and design for another artistic medium. Accordingly, the exhibition is divided by areas of design – for altars, for ceiling and wall paintings, as well as for altar pieces and copper engravings. The works are often striking as individual works in their vivid, spontaneous and modern-seeming strokes.