Day 23 - Now Museum, Now You Don't ~ or ~ Haydn Go Seek

The Albertina, the Hofmobiliendepot, and Haydn haus.  It was a very full day.  In fact I had planned on ending the day by listening to another performance of the Mozart Requiem, but I'm exhausted.  Today's blog is a blog in pictures.  I'm choosing the highlights, but for the whole lot of them, go to the album.

The Albertina

The entry hall into the museum galleries
(No Pictures Allowed)

My trip to the Hofmobiliendepot taught me that
most of the time the palace rooms were empty.

Part of the Habsburg's Staterooms have been
left in their original state.  

Each color in the floor is a different piece of wood.  Each color represents a different type of wood and a different stain.

Paul Cezanne
Gehöft in der Normandie

Pablo Picasso
Woman in a green hat

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 
White Horse "Gazelle

 Jörg Immendorf created numerous statues
of Chimpanzees.  They are all over the Albertina

Other pieces I saw but couldn't find pics of easily include.

House among the roses - Monet

Birch grove - Malewitsch

Water Lilly pond _ Monet

View of vetheuil - Monet

Parrot tulips - Matisse 

Antibes the towers - Paul Signac

Irises in the evening shadows - Max Pechstein

Landscape with lanterns - Delvaux

Still life with guitar - Picasso

Mediterranean landscape. - Picasso

Tree of love - Hans Hofmann

The Albertina is home to several galleries, including a photography exhibit, a contemporary artist exhibit, a Max Weiler exhibit, and the Habsburg Staterooms which are adorned with art that belonged to the Habsburgs. (Most of what is on display from the Habsburgs is reproduction.  They owned the real ones, but now those are displayed in other museums.)

The Hofmobiliendepot

This museum is mostly made up of furniture that belonged to the Habsburgs.  In recent years pieces by famous designers have been added to the collection.  You can find out more at www.hofmobiliendepot.at  

The museum began life as a storage facility

How many busts do you have?

"First get down upon your knees.  Fiddle with your rosaries"
(Don't blame me, I'm just quoting Tom Lehrer.)

This is one of the movies about Empress Sisi.
All of the real Habsburg furniture is in color.  

Rock a bye baby

This is one of the movies about Empress Sisi.

All of the real Habsburg furniture is in color

"Honey!  Which drawer do I keep my cuff-links in?

Let's start at the very beginning; a very good place to start.
(Okay they weren't Habsburgs but they were Austrian!) 

Splish splash I was taking a bath. . . .

This is the coat of arms room.  It is a replica of one actually in some nobleman's home.


Time for Torte!

Today's selection:  Elderbeer-Vanille Torte
MMMMMMmmmmmmm MMMMMMMMmmmmmmmm

Haydn Haus

This isn't Haydn, it's Brahms.  Brahms lived in the building across the street.
When the building was torn down they moved some of his furniture
into the Haydn haus.  Actually, one of the pieces of furniture,
a spinet piano, belonged to Haydn before it belonged to Brahms.

This was Haydn's and it was Brahms' but it was Haydn't first.

I so longed to play Haydn's piano.  

Jospeh Haydn acquired this house in 1793 and lived here from
1979 until his death on May 31 1809.
Here he composed  The Creation and
The Seasons.  
Donated for the 200the birthday of the Vienna Men's Chorale on March 31, 1932