"The Leopold Museum in the Viennese museum quarter was established from the private art collection; the pieces were collected for decades by Rudolf Leopold with extraordinary expertise. The more than five thousand objects, which make up the inventory of the museum, encompass a broad spectrum, including tribal art from Africa and Oceania, as well as early Japanese wood engravings." "However, Austrian art is central to the presentation. From the start, the collector's main focus was especially placed on the Austrian Expressionists and their extensive works of art by Richard Gerstl, Oskar Kokschka, Alfred Kubin and Egon Schiele count as the main attractions of the museum. The Schiele collection, with over 220 works of art presented at one location, is the largest world-wide. Also represented in an exceptional way is the beautiful linear ornamental style of the Viennese Secession with its protagonist Gustav Klimt, as well as the functional elegance of the Wiener Werkstatte with objects by Josef Hoffmann, Koloman Moser and Otto Wagner."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved