2023-07-14 07:03:38
The Gmundner Villa Toscana is on 23./24. March 2024 Hotspot of Klimt research
Vienna (OTS) – In March 2024, the Klimt Foundation invites you to the second symposium dedicated to Gustav Klimt. The biennial conference will take place this time in the Villa Toscana in Gmunden am Traunsee, formerly owned by Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein, in cooperation with the salon series “Between Times and Arts” as part of the European Capital of Culture Bad Ischl Salzkammergut. Under the patron portrayed by Gustav Klimt, the summer residence, which was converted by architect Rudolf Perco, established itself as an important modernist network hub. Submissions for participation in the 2nd Klimt Symposium are now possible.
The Klimt Foundation and the Gustav Klimt Symposium
The Klimt Foundation has been initiating and organizing the international Gustav Klimt Symposium since 2022 on the initiative of the Board of Directors Peter Weinhäupl and Sandra Tretter. The scientific conference is held biennially at different Klimt locations and invites you to discover new angles and perspectives in the work of the Art Nouveau painter and his artist network. Simultaneous translation (German/English) and online live streaming enable worldwide participation. A printed version of the proceedings is published for each symposium.
Gustav Klimt, the Salzkammergut and the Villa Toscana at Lake Traunsee
Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) valued the lake landscape of the Salzkammergut as a holiday and creative place. In addition to his regular summer vacations at Lake Attersee, stays in Gmunden, Bad Ischl, Hallstatt, St. Agatha, Golling, etc. are also documented.
The Toscana peninsula in Gmunden was acquired by Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein (1882-1958) in 1913. As the daughter of the industrial magnate, collector and patron of the Vienna Secession Karl Wittgenstein (1847-1913) and sister of the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), she established this place as a creative center of art and science. Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein was portrayed full-length in a painting by Gustav Klimt in 1905 (Neue Pinakothek, Munich). The villa, which was converted by the architect and Otto Wagner student Rudolf Perco, became an important modernist network hub and a place for exhibitions, performances and salons. This lively exchange is now being continued on a scientific basis with the 2nd Klimt Symposium, among other things.
Call for Papers: 2. Internationales Gustav Klimt-Symposium
The invitation to submit entries for participation in the 2nd Gustav Klimt Symposium is aimed at established national and international scientists from the cultural-historical research field on Gustav Klimt and the epoch “Vienna 1900” as well as young scientists with ongoing or completed master’s theses and dissertations in the context of the conference topics.
The symposium in March 2024 will focus on the following research areas related to Gustav Klimt and his artistic environment:
Portraying and Collecting: Gustav Klimt and the Wittgenstein family
Dining, dancing, salons: Turn-of-the-century salon culture in the big city and on a summer vacation
Networking and Correspondence: Artists and collectors in the Salzkammergut
Nature and Garden: Garden architecture in the country house and in the city villa
Please email submissions to [email protected] for the attention of Mag. Sandra Tretter, MAS. The submission (German or English) must contain a working title/research focus, abstract (300 words including spaces), short biography and contact details. There are no submission fees to be paid. The submission period ends on October 1, 2023. Notifications of acceptance and further details will be sent on October 25, 2023.
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CALL FOR PAPERS | SECOND INTERNATIONAL GUSTAV KLIMT SYMPOSIUM
23./24. March 2024
Villa Toscana, Gmunden/Traunsee
In cooperation with the three-part Salon series “Between Times and Arts” As part of the European Capital of Culture Bad Ischl Salzkammergut
[email protected], www.klimt-research.com
Questions & contact:
Mag. Laura Erhold
+43 (0)1 890 98 18 202
[email protected]
1689318250
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