--- type: press_release title: Colossal language: en url: "https://www.belvedere.at/en/press/colossal" --- # Colossal ### Painting on a Grand Scale 22 June 2023 – 27 August 2023 [Press release Colossal](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-06/Presse_Langtext_EN_0.pdf) [Object Texts Colossal (EN)](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-06/Objekttexte%20Kolossal_EN.pdf) ![Karl Huck, Erwachen (Adler) — Karl Huck, Awakening (Eagles), 1908 — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-06/Karl%20Huck_Erwachen%20%28Adler%29_1908_Foto_Belvedere_Wien_0.jpg) ## Press Images ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-06/Karl%20Huck_Erwachen%20%28Adler%29_1908_Foto_Belvedere_Wien_0.jpg) Karl Huck, Awakening (Eagles), 1908 Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2022-12/Lg813.jpg) Max Oppenheimer, The Philharmonic, 1926-1952 Photo: Johannes Stoll, Belvedere, Vienna Artothek des Bundes, on permanent loan to the Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2022-12/8154.jpg) Unknown Artist, Saint Francis in Ecstasy, c. 1700 Photo: Johannes Stoll, Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-06/7784%20RGB_0.jpg) Lorenz Adolf Schönberger, The Gulf of Baiae at Sunset, 1807 Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-05/Lg1189.jpg) Hermann Nitsch, Untitled, 1983 Permanent loan from Galerie Christine König, Vienna Photo: Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-05/11999.jpg) Gunter Damisch, Durchdringungsweltenwege, 1999–2000 Foto: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Wien ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-05/11072.jpg) Herbert Brandl, Untitled, 1997 Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-05/10270.jpg) Jakob Gasteiger, Untitled, 1996 Photo: Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-06/9730%20Scheibl%20Presse_0.jpg) Hubert Scheibl, Personal Mountains, 1997/1998 Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-05/5838.jpg) Hans Makart, Venice Pays Homage to Caterina Cornaro, 1872–1873 Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-06/5837%20Niljagd%20Makart_0.jpg) Hans Makart, Hunt on the Nile, 1876 Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-05/3720.jpg) Carl Moll, The Roman Ruins at Schönbrunn, 1892 Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-05/2548.jpg) Emil Jakob Schindler, Pax, 1891 Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-06/2233%20Tina%20Blau%20Presse_0.jpg) Tina Blau, Spring in the Prater, 1882 Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-06/2097%20Ariadne%20Makart_0.jpg) Hans Makart, Bacchus and Ariadne, 1873–1874 Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-05/942.jpg) Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl, Souls at the River Acheron, 1898 Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-05/883.jpg) Albin Egger-Lienz, Dance of Death from the Year 1809, 1908 Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-06/Kolossal%20Aufbau%20A-7.jpg) Exhibition setup "Colossal. Painting on a Grand Scale" Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-06/Kolossal%20Aufbau%20A-11.jpg) Exhibition setup "Colossal. Painting on a Grand Scale" Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-06/UB%20Kolossal%20PR-1.jpg) Exhibition view "Colossal. Painting on a Grand Scale" Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-06/UB%20Kolossal%20PR-2.jpg) Exhibition view "Colossal. Painting on a Grand Scale" Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-06/UB%20Kolossal%20PR-3.jpg) Exhibition view "Colossal. Painting on a Grand Scale" Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-06/UB%20Kolossal%20PR-4.jpg) Exhibition view "Colossal. Painting on a Grand Scale" Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-06/UB%20Kolossal%20PR-5.jpg) Exhibition view "Colossal. Painting on a Grand Scale" Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-06/UB%20Kolossal%20PR-6.jpg) Exhibition view "Colossal. Painting on a Grand Scale" Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-06/UB%20Kolossal%20PR-7.jpg) Exhibition view "Colossal. Painting on a Grand Scale" Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna 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 [**Colossal**](https://www.belvedere.at/en/colossal) — Painting on a Grand Scale — 22 June 2023 - 27 August 2023 — Exhibition — Lower Belvedere