In the early 20th century, print media presented the most important sources of information for visual arts reception. Around 1900, the Neue Freie Presse, the leading daily newspaper of the Habsburg Monarchy of the time, published twelve times a week.
The research project's scope encompassed an in-depth survey of Austrian and international art activities and their reception. The concrete facts of exhibitions and art purchases and urban planning processes were thus clarified thanks to a meticulous documentation process. Specific topics stood out due to recurring and in-depth coverage, such as the faculty paintings by Gustav Klimt and Franz Matsch. The history of monuments similarly received considerable attention in the morning and evening papers. Daily art features included collecting events and reviews relevant to art history, and these were laid out in the project both chronologically and by rubrics. The desired goal of capturing and structuring a vast amount of data has thus been achieved, providing an orderly overview of this crucial period in art history. The in-depth indexing of all art-historically relevant content in the Neue Freie Presse during one of the most critical decades of Austrian art, cultural, and intellectual history represents a considerable stride forward for research into fin de siècle Vienna.
Austrian National Bank's Anniversary Fund (no.15585)
October 2013 – January 2016
Alfred Weidinger
Julia Dostal, Luzia Reinthaler
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