until Monday March 28 2016

Albertina
T : +43 (0)1 534 83-0
Albertinaplatz 1
1010 Wien
Austria

Many people know Hans Robert Pippal (1915–1998) above all for his charming views of Vienna. And indeed, it was with great passion that this perhaps “most Viennese” of 20th-century Austrian painters devoted himself to his hometown.

Pippal painted representative streets and buildings like the Ringstrasse, the State Opera, St. Stephen’s Cathedral, and the Graben, as well as atmospheric scenes from Vienna’s outer districts. He was virtually unexcelled at capturing the city’s atmosphere as it changed over the course of the day and the seasons. Alongside Pippal’s famous images of Vienna, his broad thematic spectrum also included portraits and figurative studies, religious motifs, and still lifes. And his oeuvre likewise includes vedutas and cityscapes that originated on his trips to Italy and France. There, Pippal took his inspiration from the lightness and fresh colours of painters such as Henri Matisse or Raoul Dufy.