Photography
The Photographic Collection of the ALBERTINA Museum is today’s largest and most important collection of artistic photography in Austria. Around 100,000 treasures of photographic history trace the field’s most significant developments and provide an introduction to genres including portrait, architecture, landscape, and street photography that ranges from the medium’s beginnings to the present day. The ALBERTINA Museum’s photographic masterpieces are shown in temporary exhibitions held in the Galleries for Photography.
The Highlights of the Collection
Rudolf Koppitz
Motion Study (ca. 1925)
© The Albertina Museum, Vienna - Permanent loan of the Höhere Graphische Bundes-Lehr- und VersuchsanstaltAnton Josef Trcka
Portrait of the Painter Egon Schiele (1914)
© The Albertina Museum, Vienna - On permanent loan from the Austrian Federal Education and Research Institute for GraphicsWill McBride
Romy Schneider in Paris (1964, printed 2001)
The Albertina Museum, Vienna © Will McBride Estate/BerlinRobert Frank
Rodeo, Detroit (1955)
The Albertina Museum, Vienna – on permanent loan from the Austrian Ludwig Foundation for Art and ScienceLisette Model
Sammy’s Bar, New York (1940−1944)
The Albertina Museum, Vienna - Permanent loan of the Austrian Ludwig Foundation for Art and Science © The Lisette Model Foundation Inc. (1983)Elfriede Mejchar
Without Title (The Gasometer in Simmering, Vienna) (1967−1976)
The Albertina Museum, Vienna © Elfriede MejcharHelmut Newton
Big Nude XI, Verina (1993)
The Albertina Museum, ViennaRudolf Koppitz
Motion Study (1925)
© The Albertina Museum, Vienna - On permanent loan from the Austrian Federal Education and Research Institute for GraphicsGustav Jägermayer
Welitz Glacier, East by North from the Foot of the Umbal Glacier (1863)
© The Albertina Museum, ViennaHeinrich Kühn
Hikers against a Cloud (1912−1913)
© The Albertina Museum, ViennaHeinz Cibulka
Archive No.: 332 (from the series Fühlt-Most / Feels-Cider) (1981)
The Albertina Museum, Vienna © Bildrecht, Vienna, 2019Josef Maria Eder
Two Goldfish and One Deep-Sea Fish (Christiceps Argentatus) (1896)
© The Albertina Museum, Vienna - On permanent loan from the Austrian Federal Education and Research Institute for GraphicsRobert Hammerstiel
Mrs. P. and Children (from the series Midday Portraits – The Status Quo) (1989)
The Albertina Museum, ViennaSeiichi Furuya
Rattersdorf, 1981 (from the series National Border) (1981−1983)
The Albertina Museum, Vienna, acquired with funds from the Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture (gallery grant), 2016Trude Fleischmann
The Actress Sybille Binder (ca. 1935)
© The Albertina Museum, Vienna
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