When I was in Vienna, Austria in late May, I spent a day browsing the art galleries/museums at Belvedere. There are three of these galleries located in the buildings that once functioned as palaces: Upper Belvedere, Lower Belvedere, and Belvedere 21. The Upper and Lower ones were former palaces, but Belvedere 21 is located a short walk away and is a modern building and modern art gallery. Upper Belvedere is the most popular of the three museums with a lot of work by famous artists, notably Gustav Klimt who lived in the city and whose work is popular. I also saw some work by Monet, Van Gogh, Rodin, Munch, and many other popular artists, and they also had an area dedicated to women artists, which have been greatly overlooked.
Upper Belvedere had a lot of different rooms with different works, and each other rooms also had some information about the room's purpose when it was the palace. Much of the beautiful wall and ceiling paintings and decorations still exist.
One room was two storeys tall and beautiful.
It also had glimpses across to Lower Belvedere.
I took some photographs of some of the famous work and work that I also liked.
Afterwards, I decided to see Belvedere 21. I haded to the back of the Upper Belvedere palace. The other side of the building was having some work done, but the grounds are beautiful with pools and fountains and gardens.
Belvedere 21 is a modern building, and there are three floors with the ground and upper floor having most of the artwork.
I got a photograph of one of the outside sculptures, which was actually displayed in London a few years ago.
The modern art gallery was not really my taste in art.
Afterwards, I headed back to the grounds to visit Lower Belvedere. On the way, I discovered an outdoor art gallery, which was ruins discovered now in park area.
Lower Belvedere is a smaller gallery in a beautiful palace, and there is an exhibit on Klimt's artwork and additional displays for religious artwork and a selection by female artists.
I did enjoy seeing the beautiful designs of the rooms.
The other side of Lower Belvedere had some internal gardens.
I enjoyed the visit to the galleries, and I will be covering the park and gardens in a later post.
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