Supplementary material to: Jovanovic-Kruspel, S. & Boomgaarden, A. (2023): "Dekorationsmalereien im Naturhistorischen Museum Wien: Kunsthistorische und restauratorische Betrachtungen"
This article focuses on a part of the
artistic decoration of the Natural History Museum Vienna (NHMW) that has
received little attention so far, namely decoration paintings. The painters who
executed these works largely elude art historical research, as they usually did
not appear as independent artists but were grouped together as “room painters”
in workshops and companies. The workshops employed at the NHMW also furnished
other Ringstrasse buildings with their creations. Even though many motifs
therefore resemble those of other buildings, special details were used time and
again especially for the NHMW, which are in reference to the collections on
display and therefore contribute to the idea of the “speaking” Gesamtkunstwerk.
For the first time, art-historical research attempts an approximate attribution
of the areas to individual workshops and the leading painters. Conservations
carried out in 2021 on the wall paintings in the area of the small staircase
will also provide for the first time more detailed information on the working
technique, materiality and quality of these works.
Publications
Jovanovic-Kruspel , S. & Boomgaarden, A. (2023): Dekorationsmalereien im Naturhistorischen Museum Wien: Kunsthistorische und restauratorische Betrachtungen.- Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A, 124: 197-222.