Richard Gerstl, Nude in Garden, 1908
Richard Gerstl was an extremely original artist whose psychologically intense figure paintings and landscapes constitute a radically unorthodox oeuvre that defied the reigning concepts of style and beauty during his time. The longstanding secrecy surrounding Gerstl’s dramatic and untimely suicide at the age of 25, and the scandalous love affair that preceded his death, only further magnify the legend that has grown around this lesser known, but influential member of Vienna’s artistic avant-garde at the turn of the twentieth century.
Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
February 24 - May 14, 2017
Neue Galerie New York
June 29 - September 25, 2017
- Exhibition Website: Schirn Kunsthalle
- Exhibition Website: Neue Galerie New York
- Press: "Richard Gerstl’s Art Isn’t Even the Half of It," by Roberta Smith, The New York Times
- Press: "Richard Gerstl, Neue Galerie, New York — mesmerising," The Financial Times
- Press: "The Final, Shocking Self-Portrait of Richard Gerstl," by Alex Ross, The New Yorker
- Press: "‘Richard Gerstl’ Review: The First Austrian Expressionist," by Karen Wilkin, The Wall Street Journal
- Press: "Neue Galerie’s Richard Gerstl Retrospective Showcases a Life Cut Short," by David D'Arcy, Observer