--- type: press_release title: Visionary Spaces language: en url: "https://www.belvedere.at/en/press/visionary-spaces" --- # Visionary Spaces ### Walter Pichler meets Frederick Kiesler in a Display by Sonia Leimer 28 June 2024 – 6 October 2024 [Press Release "Visionary Spaces: Walter Pichler meets Frederick Kiesler in a display by Sonia Leimer" (EN)](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2024-06/PressRelease_KieslerPichler_EN.pdf) [Biographies](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2024-06/Biografien_EN.pdf) [Exhibited works / Werkliste](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2024-07/PiKi_Pressemappe_Werkliste_DE_EN.pdf) ![Bild, links: Walter Pichler, Unterirdisches Gebäude mit ausfahrbarem Kern, 1963, Tiroler Landesmuseen, Grafische Sammlung, Foto: TLM, Plattner / Bild, rechts: Friedrich Kiesler, Modell eines Endless House, 1950, Foto: Percy Rainford — Walter Pichler, Underground Building with Extendable Core, 1963, Tiroler Landesmuseen, Department of Prints and Drawings, photo: TLM/Plattner © 2024 Estate of Walter Pichler, Vienna / Frederick Kiesler, Model for an Endless House, 1950, photo: Percy Rainford © 2024 Austrian Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2024-05/Pichler-Kiesler_WEB_561x374_3_0.jpg) ## Press Images ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2024-06/Ausstellungsansicht_Vision%C3%A4re%20R%C3%A4ume_Foto_Jorit%20Aust_240625_1682.jpg) Installation view "VISIONARY SPACES. WALTER PICHLER MEETS FREDERICK KIESLER in a Display by Sonia Leimer" Photo: Jorit Aust / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2024-06/Ausstellungsansicht_Vision%C3%A4re%20R%C3%A4ume_Foto_Jorit%20Aust_240625_1671.jpg) Installation view "VISIONARY SPACES. WALTER PICHLER MEETS FREDERICK KIESLER in a Display by Sonia Leimer" Photo: Jorit Aust / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2024-06/Ausstellungsansicht_Vision%C3%A4re%20R%C3%A4ume_Foto_Jorit%20Aust_240625_1667.jpg) Installation view "VISIONARY SPACES. WALTER PICHLER MEETS FREDERICK KIESLER in a Display by Sonia Leimer" Photo: Jorit Aust / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2024-06/Ausstellungsansicht_Vision%C3%A4re%20R%C3%A4ume_Foto_Jorit%20Aust_240625_1701.jpg) Installation view "VISIONARY SPACES. WALTER PICHLER MEETS FREDERICK KIESLER in a Display by Sonia Leimer" Photo: Jorit Aust / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2024-06/Ausstellungsansicht_Vision%C3%A4re%20R%C3%A4ume_Foto_Jorit%20Aust_240625_1654.jpg) Installation view "VISIONARY SPACES. WALTER PICHLER MEETS FREDERICK KIESLER in a Display by Sonia Leimer" Photo: Jorit Aust / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2024-06/Ausstellungsansicht_Vision%C3%A4re%20R%C3%A4ume_Foto_Jorit%20Aust_240625_1649.jpg) Installation view "VISIONARY SPACES. WALTER PICHLER MEETS FREDERICK KIESLER in a Display by Sonia Leimer" Photo: Jorit Aust / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2024-06/Ausstellungsansicht_Vision%C3%A4re%20R%C3%A4ume_Foto_Jorit%20Aust_240625_1709.jpg) Installation view "VISIONARY SPACES. WALTER PICHLER MEETS FREDERICK KIESLER in a Display by Sonia Leimer" Photo: Jorit Aust / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2024-05/Walter-Pichler_Unterirdisches-Geb%C3%A4ude-mit-ausfahrbarem-Kern_1963_Grafische-Sammlung_TLM.jpg) Walter Pichler, Underground Building with Extendable Core, 1963 Tiroler Landesmuseen, Department of Prints and Drawings, photo: TLM/Plattner © 2024 Estate of Walter Pichler, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2024-05/Friedrich-Kiesler_Modell-eines-Endless-House_1950_Foto_Percy-Rainford.jpg) Frederick Kiesler, Model for an Endless House, 1950 Photo: Percy Rainford Austrian Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation, Vienna © 2024 Austrian Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-10/Ex%2050348_Friedrich%20Kiesler_Modell%20f%C3%BCr%20Endless%20House_1950_MoMA_scala_0149969.jpg) Frederick Kiesler, Model for an Endless House, 1950 The Museum of Modern Art, New York, photo: The Museum of Modern Art, New York / Scala, Florence © 2024 Austrian Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2024-05/Friedrich-Kiesler_Studie-zu-einem-Endless-House-%28Paris-Endless%29_1947_%C3%96FLKS.jpg) Frederick Kiesler, Study for an Endless House (Paris Endless), 1947 Austrian Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation, Vienna © 2024 Austrian Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2024-05/Walter-Pichler_Kompakte-Stadt-mit-Klimah%C3%BClle_1964_Frac-Centre--Val-de-Loire_Orl%C3%A9ans.jpg) Walter Pichler, Compact City with Climate Shell, 1964 Frac Centre-Val de Loire, Orléans, photo: François Lauginie © 2024 Estate of Walter Pichler, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2024-05/Lg11749_Watler%20Pichler_Alte%20Figur_1960-1963_Belvedere_Foto%20Johannes%20Stoll.jpg) Walter Pichler, Old Figure, 1960–63, supplemented 1971 Belvedere, Vienna, acquired with the support of the Friends of the Belvedere, photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna © 2024 Estate of Walter Pichler, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-10/pichler_Gro%C3%9Fer-Raum-%28Prototyp-3%29_GF0001970.jpg) Walter Pichler, Large Room (Prototype 3), 1966-67 Generali Foundation Collection – Permanent Loan to the Museum der Moderne Salzburg, © Generali Foundation, photo: Werner Kaligofsky, 1998 / Bildrecht, Vienna 2024 © 2024 Estate of Walter Pichler, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-10/Ex%2050356_Walter%20Pichler_Entrance%20to%20an%20Underground%20City%2C%20project%20%28Perspective%29_1963_MoMA_scala_0140588.jpg) Walter Pichler, Entrance to an Underground City, 1963 The Museum of Modern Art, New York, photo: The Museum of Modern Art, New York/Scala, Florence © 2024 Estate of Walter Pichler, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-10/Ex%2050346_Friedrich%20Kiesler_Landscape%20The%20Saviour%20has%20Risen_1964_Whitney_Licensed%20by%20Scala.jpg) Friedrich Kiesler, Landscape – The Saviour Has Risen, 1964 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, photo: Whitney Museum of American Art / Licensed by Scala © 2024 Austrian Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-11/Ex-50602_Walter-Pichler_Unterirdisches-Geb%C3%A4ude-mit-ausfahrbarem-Kern_1963_Tiroler-Landesmuseum-Ferdinandeum%2C-Moderne-Sammlung_Foto-TLM%2C-Plattner.jpg) Walter Pichler, Underground Building with Extendable Core, 1963 Tiroler Landesmuseen, Modern Collection, photo: TLM, Plattner © 2024 Estate of Walter Pichler, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-10/Ex%2050721_Friedrich%20Kiesler_Raumstadt_1925_unbekannter%20Fotograf_Kiesler-Privatstiftung_ret.jpg) Frederick Kiesler, City in Space in Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes, Paris, 1925 Photographer unknown Austrian Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation, Vienna © 2024 Austrian Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2024-05/Walter%20Pichler%20hinter%20Sch%C3%A4deldecke%20wie%20ein%20Geb%C3%A4ude_2007_Foto%20Elfi%20Tripamer.jpg) Walter Pichler with Skullcap (Like a Building), 2007 Photo: Elfi Tripamer Estate of Walter Pichler, Vienna © 2024 Estate of Walter Pichler, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2024-05/Friedrich-Kiesler-an-seinem-Schreibtisch_New-York_1947.jpg) Frederick Kiesler at his desk, New York, 1947 Photo: Ben Schnall Austrian Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation, Vienna © 2024 Austrian Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2024-05/Friedrich-Kiesler_Nesting-Table_1935_36_The-Museum-of-Modern-Art.jpg) Frederick Kiesler, Nesting Table, 1935/36 The Museum of Modern Art, New York, photo: The Museum of Modern Art, New York/Scala, Florence © 2024 Austrian Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2024-05/Walter-Pichler_Galaxy-1_1966_Foto_Werner-Kaligofsky_1998_0.jpg) Walter Pichler, Galaxy 1, 1966 Estate of Walter Pichler, Vienna, photo: Werner Kaligofsky, 1998 / Bildrecht, Vienna 2024 © 2024 Estate of Walter Pichler, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2024-05/Walter-Pichler_Kleiner-Raum-%28Prototyp-4%29_1967_Sammlung-Generali-Foundation.jpg) Walter Pichler, Small Room (Prototype 4), 1967 Generali Foundation Collection – Permanent Loan to the Museum der Moderne Salzburg, © Generali Foundation, photo: Werner Kaligofsky, 1998 / Bildrecht, Vienna 2024 © 2024 Estate of Walter Pichler, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2024-05/Friedrich-Kiesler_Screen-o-scope-im-Film-Guild-Cinema_New-York_1929.jpg) Frederick Kiesler, Screen-o-scope at the Film Guild Cinema, New York, 1929 Photo: Ruth Bernhard, Ruth Bernhard Archive, Princeton University Art Museum © Trustees of Princeton University Austrian Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation, Vienna © 2024 Austrian Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2024-06/SoniaLeimer.jpg) Portrait Sonia Leimer © Corinne Rusch / Bildrecht, Vienna 2024 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 ##### Irene Jäger T: [+43 1 795 57-185](tel:+43179557-185) M: [+43 664 800 141-185](tel:+43664800141-185) E-Mail: [**i.jaeger@belvedere.at**](mailto:i.jaeger@belvedere.at) ## Related exposition [**Visionary Spaces. Walter Pichler meets Frederick Kiesler**](https://www.belvedere.at/en/visionary-spaces-walter-pichler-meets-frederick-kiesler) — in a display by Sonia Leimer — 28 June 2024 - 6 October 2024 — Exhibition — Belvedere 21