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type: exposition
title: The Klewan Collection
language: en
url: "https://www.belvedere.at/en/klewan-collection-0"
---

# The Klewan Collection

## Portrait(s) of Modernism

![Sammlung Klewan](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/header_cropped_1920x480_fp/public/jart-images/_468272295447.jpg.webp?itok=tiJzFSYo) 

**Duration:** 17 February 2017 - 11 June 2017

**Helmut Klewan is a passionate art expert and gallerist who has worked in Vienna and Munich. Over the past four decades he has amassed an impressive collection of important works ranging from international classical modernism to key examples of post-war art.**

From 17 February to 11 June 2017, 193 works by over fifty artists from this collection are being showcased in the Orangery at the Lower Belvedere. The main focus is on portraits by very different artists, for example Francis Bacon and the nearly unknown Armand Francois Henrion. By extension, the show also represents a portrait of modernism in all its variety.

Yet the Klewan collection is not only distinguished by its diversity but also by its highly individual character. It even includes some unusual works that are categorized as kitsch. Another distinctive feature is the collection of key works of post-1945 Austrian art. Helmut Klewan (b. 1943) was in close contact with major Austrian artists including Arnulf Rainer, Maria Lassnig, and Friedensreich Hundertwasser. As a gallerist he made an important contribution to promoting Austrian art abroad.

The exhibition features works by Christian Ludwig Attersee, Francis Bacon, Giorgio de Chirico, Jean Dubuffet, Salvador Dalí, Alberto Giacometti, Maria Lassnig, Pablo Picasso, Arnulf Rainer, Hans Staudacher, Fritz Wotruba, and many other artists.   

Curated by Harald Krejci  
\#KlewanCollection

## Impressions

- ![Sammlung Klewan — Armand François Joseph Henrion, Self-portrait as Pierrot, undated — Collection Klewan](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272295447_0.jpg.webp?itok=jIJU_g1H)
- ![Sammlung Klewan — Christian Ludwig Attersee, Weihnachtliches Stillleben mit Dackelstelze,1969 — Collection Klewan, Christian Ludwig Attersee © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2016](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272289407.jpg.webp?itok=32xfhuyN)
- ![Lithography  25 x 21 cm — Francis Bacon, Portrait Michel Leiris, 1990 — Sammlung Klewan, © The Estate of Francis Bacon. All rights reserved / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2016](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272295445.jpg.webp?itok=tgRXWhMQ)
- ![Sammlung Klewan — Giorgio de Chirico, Autoritratto, 1954 — Sammlung Klewan, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2016](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272295443.jpg.webp?itok=ROcPBQ1Y)
- ![Oil on canvas  100 x 73 cm — Maria Lassnig, Traum 1964 — Collection Klewan, © Maria Lassnig Foundation](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272289412.jpg.webp?itok=ocdfFN0t)
- ![Oil and mixed technique on photo paper  50,5 x 40,4 cm — Arnulf Rainer, Drap (Selbstübermalung), 1970/1971 — Collection Klewan, Arnulf Rainer © Atelier Arnulf Rainer, 2016](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272289408.jpg.webp?itok=Z8_g_9zN)
- ![Oil on wood  18 x 14 cm — Armand Francois Joseph Henrion, Selbstporträt als Pierrot, undatiert — Collection Klewan](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272309293.jpg.webp?itok=GKV-v_IN)
- ![Photograph  18 x 13 cm — Man Ray, Autoportrait, 1943 — Collection Klewan](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272309298.jpg.webp?itok=S8Moxbga)
- ![Acryl and varnish on canvas  105 x 105 cm — Christian Ludwig Attersee, Schamhaarlockenwickler, 1968 — Collection Klewan](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272309295.jpg.webp?itok=quLox3Eh)
- ![Sammlung Klewan — Exhibition view The Klewan Collection - Portrait(s) of Modernism — Photo: Johannes Stoll © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272320749.jpg.webp?itok=kMwAm0xs)
- ![Sammlung Klewan — Exhibition view The Klewan Collection - Portrait(s) of Modernism — Photo: Johannes Stoll © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272320750.jpg.webp?itok=uvMiP2Ix)
- ![Sammlung Klewan — Exhibition view The Klewan Collection - Portrait(s) of Modernism — Photo: Johannes Stoll © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272320751.jpg.webp?itok=LFA1ni4a)
- ![Sammlung Klewan — Exhibition view The Klewan Collection - Portrait(s) of Modernism 1 — Photo: © Belvedere, Vienna 2017](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272328042.jpg.webp?itok=FmOiczNC)