About the Graphic Collection

A landscape drawing on brownish paper showing two crooked, weathered willows very dominantly on the right side of the picture. On the left side of the drawing one sees a hilly landscape in the background, fields and isolated buildings depicted in a very fast and rough manner.

A chalk drawing on brownish paper showing two skulls lying side by side. The left skull lies upright, the right one lies sideways on the ground.

A coloured watercolour drawing giving a cross-sectional view of a residential house. On the ground floor, a brown fold-out table with a white chair and a beige corner bench with orange cushions can be seen. To the right, a staircase leads to the next floor with reddish seating. Further to the right, another plateau leads to another seating area with coloured cushions, and in the foreground is a brown piano. To the left of the house there is a view of a lake with mountains in the background.

A black and white sepia photograph depicting the Doge's Palace and a small bridge. The architecture corresponds to the Venetian Gothic style and therefore shows divided windows and ornaments tapering towards the top, as well as a loggia-like passageway supported by columns and pillars. On the left side of the picture, a few people are slightly blurred.

A rough pencil drawing showing a dancing couple from head to shins. A man is depicted with his back to us. He is embraced by a woman whose face is clearly visible over his shoulder. Her gaze is directed directly at us.

A very precisely executed watercolour showing yellow, delicate primroses in the centre of the picture against a light background, together with leaves and roots at the bottom. The outer edges of the leaves show signs of withering, so the colour changes from green to brown.

An etching, showing a man. He is sitting on an unrecognisable ground, his posture slightly bent forward. He wears simple, loose clothing and a simple headdress on his dishevelled hair. His body is seen obliquely from the right side, but his face and gaze are turned towards us. His mouth is slightly open, his facial expression seems tense. The etching is done in rough lines and hatching.

A drawn portrait depicting a young gentleman from head to chest. He wears shoulder-length hair curled to the ends in a severe centre parting, as well as a fine moustache. His face can be seen diagonally from his left side. The serious and sceptical gaze is directed to the right. The name "Friedrich Rückert" is written centrally at the lower edge of the picture. To the left of it near the corner of the picture it says "1818", to the right of the name there is written "Rome, on 1 October".

The Graphic Collection forms the visual memory of the Academy and is one of the most important graphic collections in Austria. The inventory consists of approximately 40,000 drawings, about 25,000 photographs and 38,000 prints from various epochs of European art history from the 14th century to the present.

As a historical collection of teaching materials and picture archive, the Graphic Collection documents over 300 years of teaching history and events at the Academy. Due to the breadth, the enormous scope and the high quality of the collection, it can also be regarded as a universal collection of graphics.

The Graphic Collection of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

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