As an art student, I have learned to appreciate a wide variety of art, from sculpture to cinema to paintings. However, having studied drawing and illustration in depth, I deeply appreciate exhibits featuring paintings and drawings with interesting line-work and well stylized figures.
Lucky for me, the Leopold Museum has an exhibit going through October called "Line and Shape" that showcases 100 Master Drawings from the museum's collection. The museum itself looks very modern, a large cube with a bright white limestone exterior.
Additionally, the museum has a huge number of works by Egon Schiele, an early expressionist painter who mainly rendered people with exceptionally interesting brushstrokes and figural distortions.
The museum also has a number of works by Gustav Klimt, an Art Nouveau painter who taught Egon Schiele and painted wonderfully textured oil paintings.
Besides the above mentioned exhibits, the museum also has other expressionist and Viennese Secessionist works and a good deal of furniture, glass, and silver pieces.
The Leopold Museum is located in the MuseumsQuartier, Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Vienna, Austria. It is open from 10:00am to 6:00 pm every day except Thursday, when it is open until 9:00 pm. Student tickets are only 8 euros. The Museum has a shop as well as a cafe with a nice terrace and a lunch menu that changes daily.
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http://travelioo.com/img/Leopold-Museum-Photo.jpg
http://www.leninimports.com/egon_schiele_edith_schiele_magna_postcard_1.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Gustav_Klimt_046.jpg
http://www.leopoldmuseum.org/media/image/800/356.jpg
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