--- type: exposition title: Is that Biedermeier? language: en url: "https://www.belvedere.at/en/biedermeier-0" --- # Is that Biedermeier? ## Amerling, Waldmüller, and More ![Oil on Canvas 154 × 119 cm](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/header_cropped_1920x480_fp/public/jart-images/_468272250432.jpg.webp?itok=kWIB6bkV) **Duration:** 21 October 2016 - 12 February 2017 The exhibition looks at painting between 1830 and 1860, a time frame starting in the Biedermeier period but extending far beyond this era. These were superlative decades in the development of painting, as the exhibition will demonstrate in a selection of representative works. At the same time, visitors will be able to appreciate how art evolved independently and cannot be pigeonholed within an historical epoch like the Biedermeier period. The exhibition starts with works from the 1830s that reflect the high standard of painting in Austria, or more specifically Vienna. Art evolved to reach new heights in the 1850s. In this decade, all the innovations in painterly style and composition were consolidated resulting in a new heyday in painting. Most depictions from this time resemble a last creative surge on the cusp of a new stylistic epoch and have tremendous expressive force as a result. The exhibition focuses on “profane” painting comprising subjects that reflect everyday life: portraits, landscapes, and genre scenes in the widest sense. It concentrates on Vienna, paying particular tribute to the work of Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller. Waldmüller is often erroneously regarded as a “Biedermeier painter”, ignoring the fact that many of his most famous works post-date 1848. A selection of his late works will take centre stage in this exhibition. These will be complemented by artworks from other European art metropolises that shed light on parallels and influences. A further focus will be interior design, especially furniture manufacture, which underwent a tremendous development during these years. A range of furnishings reflect the shift in style from Biedermeier to the “Second Rococo” and comparisons can be drawn between the objects in the exhibition and those illustrated in paintings. The show will be accompanied by a catalogue exploring art and its developments in Austria, especially Vienna, and in various other European art centres. Curated by Sabine Grabner. \#DasistBiedermeier ### [Lower Belvedere](https://www.belvedere.at/en/visit/lower-belvedere) **Opening hours:** Monday to Sunday, 10 am - 6 pm **Address:** Lower Belvedere, 1030 Vienna ([Getting there]()) [Tickets](https://www.belvedere.at/en/tickets?location%5B0%5D=3) ## Impressions - ![Oil on wood 80.5 x 61 cm — Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, The Godmother's Departure (After Confirmation), 1859 — © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_448963401938.jpg.webp?itok=TVogtO-w) - ![Oil on canvas 95 x 75 cm — Georg Ferdinand Waldmüller, Self-Portrait as a Young Man, 1828 — © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272246384.jpg.webp?itok=zZw95Q0y) - ![Oil on canvas 135 x 175 cm — Josef Danhauser, The Game of Chess, 1839 — © Courtesy of Goal Arts Foundation, Freeport, Bahamas, Photo: © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272246383.jpg.webp?itok=KvPmn_ys) - ![Oil on canvas 147 x 115 cm — Friedrich August Mathias Gauermann, A Vulture on a Dead Stag, 1832 — © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272246382.jpg.webp?itok=xLqCImgN) - ![Oil on canvas 99 x 82 cm — Friedrich von Amerling, The Lute Player, 1838 — © On loan from the Picture Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Photo: © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272246381.jpg.webp?itok=V2b9fx8I) - ![Oil on canvas 221 x 155 cm — Friedrich von Amerling, Rudolf von Arthaber and his Children Rudolf, Emilie and Gustav, 1837 — © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272246380.jpg.webp?itok=JLClATNU) - ![Oil on Wood 65 x 82 cm — Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, On Corpus Christi Morning, 1857 — © friends of the Belvedere, Photo: © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272246379.jpg.webp?itok=sNKyovWP) - ![Oil on Canvas 154 × 119 cm — József Borsos, The Emir of Libanon (Portrait of Count Edmund Zichy), 1843 — © Szépm?vészeti Múzeum/ Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, 2016, Photo: © Tibor Mester](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272250432_0.jpg.webp?itok=aq-WBEop) - ![Ist das Biedermeier? — Exhibition View Is That Biedermeier? — Photo: © Belvedere, Vienna, 2016](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272279390.jpg.webp?itok=JfmgBi-c) - ![Ist das Biedermeier? — Exhibition View Is That Biedermeier? — Photo: © Belvedere, Vienna, 2016](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272279392.jpg.webp?itok=FyDWcebB) - ![Ist das Biedermeier? — Exhibition View Is That Biedermeier? — Photo: © Belvedere, Vienna, 2016](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272279393.jpg.webp?itok=TWfh2Vgy) - ![Ist das Biedermeier? — Exhibition View Is That Biedermeier? — Photo: © Belvedere, Vienna, 2016](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272279391.jpg.webp?itok=PlmB8NAA) - ![Ist das Biedermeier? — Exhibition View Is That Biedermeier? — Photo: © Belvedere, Vienna, 2016](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272279394.jpg.webp?itok=jKGNHcxk) - ![Ist das Biedermeier?](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272287606.jpg.webp?itok=yVmZb8II) - ![Ist das Biedermeier? — #dasistbiedermeier - HOME SWEET HOME](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272298403.jpg.webp?itok=DftxT_je) - ![Ist das Biedermeier? — #dasistbiedermeier - LET´S PARTY!](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272298406.jpg.webp?itok=uM_fHoOC) - ![Ist das Biedermeier? — #dasistbiedermeier - BACK TO NATURE](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272309197.jpg.webp?itok=VeW2uLyV)