Art on the Banks of the Danube

The museum’s permanent collection consists of approximately 1,500 paintings, pieces of sculpture and object art, more than 10,000 works on paper, and about 850 photographs including important contributions to the development of artistic photography (A. Rodchenko, Man Ray, H. Bayer). The Lentos Museum of Art Linz is thus one of Austria's most important museums of modern art. And this collection of superb art is housed in an outstanding work of architecture situated directly on the banks of the Danube. Its look is dominated by glass and exposed (fair-faced) concrete. High-definition illumination makes the Lentos one of downtown Linz’s most visible landmarks.

The earliest works among the museum's holdings are from the first half of the 19th century (C. D. Friedrich, J. B. Reiter). In the area of classical modernism, the Lentos’ collection includes important paintings by Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Corinth and Pechstein. The collection also covers the interwar period with works of German and Austrian Expressionism and "Neue Sachlichkeit" (New Objectivity). The post-1945 period is represented by outstanding works and ensembles of international art including paintings, pieces of sculpture and graphic works by Appel, Bayer, Nay, Warhol, Haring, Staudacher, Lassnig, Lüpertz, Rainer, Chillida, Cragg, Scheibl, Scully, Balkenhol, Caro, Goeschl, Export and Krystufek.
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