After a rather easy flight from the U.S through Munich and in to Vienna, I pushed and pulled all of my luggage into a very small but quaint room at Pension Pertschy in Vienna just a block from the Hofberg Palace. After a short one hour nap and some fussing with my iphone and internet signals and electric converters that wouldn't work, I finally stumbled out in the sunny streets feeling tired and exhilarated at the same time.
There were horse drawn carriages clopping by every few minutes and beautiful sculptures and architecture looming overhead in every direction. I followed a very simple path straight to the
MuseumsQuartier Wien and bought my ticket for entrance into all three very contemporary looking museums located together on a big plaza with outdoor cafes and enormous modern plastic seating structures.
The
Leopold Museum was having an exhibit of
Egon Schiele's paintings and drawings. I hadn't realized that he was Austrian and also that he had died at only 28 yrs old with the flu. He made quite a few paintings in his short time that are very expressive and personal. I have a new found love for his work and was very inspired by his freedom on the page. There were other great works in this museum including a Klimt and other expressionistic works. The Cy Twombly exhibit at the
Museum of Modern Art (MUMOK) was sadly less inspiring.
