!!!Künstlerhaus

Kuenstlerhaus, original name: "Genossenschaft der bildenden Kuenstler 
Wiens" (Fine Arts Cooperative of Vienna), since 1976: "Gesellschaft 
bildender Kuenstler Oesterreichs, Kuenstlerhaus" (Association of 
Austrian Fine Art, Kuenstlerhaus), founded in 1861, representative 
body of painters, sculptors and architects, since 1972 also for 
performing artists and since 1983 for film and audio-visual artists, 
created by uniting the artist associations "Eintracht" and 
"Albrecht-Duerer-Verein". After the founding of the  Secession in 1897 
the Kuenstlerhaus gradually lost its representative function. The 
Kuenstlerhaus building, an exhibition centre and headquarters, was 
built by A. Weber from 1865-1868 and soon became the centre of social 
life in Vienna (famous carnival parties). In the Kuenstlerhaus a 
cinema was opened in 1949, and a theatre in 1974. Along with 
organising exhibitions the Kuenstlerhaus has also concentrated on 
exchanges with eastern Europe since the 1970s. The Kuenstlerhaus is 
known internationally for its large exhibitions (e.g. "Die Tuerken vor 
Wien" in 1983, "Traum und Wirklichkeit" in 1984/1985). The 
Kuenstlerhaus-Ges.m.b.H., a company founded in 1985, also organises 
exhibitions for other museums and institutions. A Kuenstlerhaus also 
exists in Salzburg and another one in Klagenfurt.

!Literature
R. Schmidt, Das Wiener Kuenstlerhaus, 1951; W. Aichelburg, 
Das Wiener Kuenstlerhaus 1861-1986, 1986; idem, Das Kuenstlerhaus und 
seine Kuenstler, 1994.


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