Over 100 years ago, on November 20, 1923, Otto Kallir’s (1894 - 1978) Neue Galerie opened its doors in Vienna with an exhibition of paintings by Egon Schiele. Kallir played a key role in establishing the posthumous reputations of Schiele, Gustav Klimt, and Richard Gerstl. His exhibitions of Edvard Munch (1924), Paul Signac (1924), Caspar David Friedrich (1926), Vincent Van Gogh (1928), and Auguste Renoir (1931) awakened Vienna to the avant-garde. Kallir supported the Hagenbund artists’ association and artists such as Alfred Kubin and Oskar Kokoschka. After emigrating in 1938, he made significant contributions to the international recognition of Austrian modernism through exhibitions, sales, and donations to American museums and was duly honored by the establishment of The Neue Galerie New York, Museum for German and Austrian Art in 2001, named after his Vienna gallery.
W&K - Wienerroither & Kohlbacher, in collaboration with Jane Kallir and the Kallir Research Institute in New York, is presenting a comprehensive exhibition in honour of Otto Kallir. This museum-style show will present works by Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Kubin, Waldmüller, Beckmann, Kollwitz, Lerch, Faistauer and Jungnickel in particular.
W&K Galerie, Vienna
November 30, 2023 - February 2, 2024
Shepherd/W&K Galleries, New York
May 8 - June 28, 2024