--- type: press_release title: The Challenge of Modernism language: en url: "https://www.belvedere.at/en/press/challenge-modernism" --- # The Challenge of Modernism ### Vienna and Zagreb around 1900 20 October 2017 – 18 February 2018 [PM-Wien-Zagreb-de.pdf](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-files/PM-Wien-Zagreb-de.pdf) [PM-Wien-Zagreb-en.pdf](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-files/PM-Wien-Zagreb-en.pdf) ![Oil on canvas — Robert Auer, Portrait of the artist's wife with muff (Leopoldine Auer Schmidt), 1902 — © Private collection](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_499086419318_1.jpg) ## Press images ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_492360586036_0.jpg) Vlaho Bukovac, Summertime, 1903 © Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_488204639726_0.jpg) Vlaho Bukovac, Portrait Vilma Babi? Gjalski, 1895 © Private collection Zagreb ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_488204639727_0.jpg) Mato Celestin Medovi?, Moonlight, Vienna, 1912-1914 © Private collection, Zagreb ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_488204639749_0.jpg) Antonija Krasnik, flower vase, around 1903 © Muzej za umjetnost i obrt, Zagreb ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_499086418286_0.jpg) Dress designed by Bela Csikos Sesia for his models referencing the reform dress © Muzej za umjetnost i obrt ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_499086419318_2.jpg) Robert Auer, Portrait of the artist's wife with muff (Leopoldine Auer Schmidt), 1902 © Private collection ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_499086578180.jpg) Robert Auer, Illustration für Kalender (Monat September), 1902-1904 © Private Collection ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_499086578274.jpg) Oskar Artur Alexander, Porträt Olga Kundlich, 1911 © Samoborski muzej, Samobor ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_499086578273.jpg) Oton Ivekovi?, Porträt der Ehefrau Ljuba, 1897 © Private Collection Zagreb ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_499086578275.jpg) Oton Ivekovi?, Landscape, 1905 © Private Collection ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_499086578288.jpg) Gruppenfoto der Wiener Secessionisten, 1902 Foto: Moritz Nähr, © Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Bildarchiv ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_499086578291.jpg) Ivan Meštrovi?, Porträt Leopoldine Wittgenstein, Paris, 1908 © Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_499086578297.jpg) Gustav Klimt, Frauenbildnis, um 1893 Belvedere Wien, Dauerleihgabe aus Privatbesitz ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_499086586511_0.jpg) Exhibition view "The Challenge of Modernism. Vienna and Zagreb around 1900" Photo: Johannes Stoll © Belvedere, Wien ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_499086586510_0.jpg) Exhibition view "The Challenge of Modernism. Vienna and Zagreb around 1900" Photo: Johannes Stoll © Belvedere, Wien ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_499086586509_0.jpg) Exhibition view "The Challenge of Modernism. Vienna and Zagreb around 1900" Photo: Johannes Stoll © Belvedere, Wien ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_499086586508_0.jpg) Exhibition view "The Challenge of Modernism. Vienna and Zagreb around 1900" Photo: Johannes Stoll © Belvedere, Wien ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_499086586507_0.jpg) Exhibition view "The Challenge of Modernism. Vienna and Zagreb around 1900" Photo: Johannes Stoll © Belvedere, Wien ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_499086586506_0.jpg) Exhibition view "The Challenge of Modernism. Vienna and Zagreb around 1900" Photo: Johannes Stoll © Belvedere, Wien ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_499086586505.jpg) Exhibition view "The Challenge of Modernism. Vienna and Zagreb around 1900" Photo: Johannes Stoll © Belvedere, Wien The texts, images, and documents provided here are copyrighted and are made available exclusively for the purpose of reporting on the exhibitions mentioned. Please contact the press team in regards to image credits and copyrights. For any additional use or distribution, please obtain approval in writing from the press team. For more information and press images please contact: #### Media Relations ##### Petra Fuchs T: [+43 1 795 57-177](tel:+43179557-177) M: [+43 664 800 141-177](tel:+43664800141-177) E-Mail: [**p.fuchs@belvedere.at**](mailto:p.fuchs@belvedere.at) ## Related exposition [**The Challenge of Modernism**](https://www.belvedere.at/en/challenge-modernism-0) — Vienna and Zagreb around 1900 — 20 October 2017 - 18 February 2018 — Exhibition