Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna: El Greco Exhibition 1541-1614 from 4th May to 2nd September 2001.Travel/Tourism Editors VIENNA, Austria--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2001 OTS See Office of Thrift Supervision. : The Kunsthistorisches Museum The Kunsthistorisches Museum (English: "Museum of Art History") in Vienna, housed in its festive palatial building on Ringstraße, crowned with an octagonal dome, is one of the premier museums of fine arts and decorative arts in the world. is dedicating its major Special Summer Exhibition 2001 to the painter Domenikos Theotokopoulos (1541-1614) better known as El Greco El Greco: see Greco, El. . What is so special about this wonderful show is that this is the first time a solo exhibition of this significant artist is being presented in a German-speaking area. The work of this outstanding 16th century painter being displayed includes 40 paintings, some sculptures and unusually rare drawings. The exhibition traces his development from the Byzantine icon painter, on through his journeys around the Italian art Italian art, works of art produced in the geographic region that now constitutes the nation of Italy. Italian art has engendered great public interest and involvement, resulting in the consistent production of monumental and spectacular works. capitals of Venice and Rome right up to his very personal late style. This project was made possible by support from the most important museums in the world -- major institutions like the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid, the National Gallery in Washington and the National Gallery in London as well as the Metropolitan Museum in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , the Szepmuveszeti Muzeum in Budapest and the Museum of Fine Arts Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, chartered and incorporated (1870) after a decision by the Boston Athenaeum, Harvard, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to pool their collections of art objects and house them in adequate public galleries. in Boston. Opening times: Daily 10.00 - 18.00 Thursdays 10.00 - 22.00 Tickets on sale from 17th April at all Kunsthistorisches Museum ticket outlets or by telephone on (+43 1) 525 24-343 Catalogue: A catalogue is being published to coincide with the exhibition. It has some 240 pages, over 100 illustrations and costs 490 Austria Schillings. Press Conference on the EL GRECO exhibition on Wednesday, 2nd May 2001 at 10.30 in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, 1010 Vienna, Maria-Theresien-Platz. Kunsthistorisches Museum - 1010 Vienna, Maria-Theresien-Platz, www.km.at/elgreco |
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