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Revolutionary of Modern Painting

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  • Exhibition view, Jean Egger, 2023
  • Exhibition view, Jean Egger, 2023
  • Exhibition view, Jean Egger, 2023
  • Exhibition view, Jean Egger, 2023

Born Hans Egger (1897 – 1934), the Carinthian painter studied at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts. During a painting sojourn in Sicily, his pictures developed a heightened expressiveness. In Paris, where he lived from 1924, Egger began to sign his portraits of prominent personalities Jean Egger. The French press lauded the bold brushstrokes of his landscapes and of the portraits of his partner Signe Wallin. In 1930, this exceptional artist was at the peak of his career having had an outstandingly well-received solo exhibition in Paris. He spent the last two years of his life, afflicted by a serious illness, on Mallorca where Joan Miró visited him several times. The liberation of colour and the radical dissolution of form in his paintings make him one of the most significant Austrian painters of the interwar period.


The exhibition at the Lentos Kunstmuseum demonstrates the breathtaking modernity of this painter, whose works anticipated the art of the post-war years as early as the 1920s and 1930s.


An exhibition of the Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz in cooperation with the Museum Moderner Kunst Kärnten.

Curator: Brigitte Reutner-Doneus

Date Title Time
Sun 22.06Monologfestival | Lecture-Performance (Abgesagt)

Eine Lecture-Performance inmitten der Ausstellung Simulacra“ anlässlich des Monologfestivals. Was ist real? Ist die Wirklichkeit ein Effekt? Sind die Entscheidungen, die ich treffe, tatsächlich meine?

3:00 pm–5:00 pm
Sun 22.06Public guided tour through Cool. Collection Erwin Hauser”

Duration 60 minutes, max. 25 people, guided tour ticket € 4 (plus admission) No registration required (“first-come-first-served”)

4:00 pm–5:00 pm
Tue 24.06Public guided tour through Cool. Collection Erwin Hauser“ und The Collection“

Duration 60 minutes, max. 25 people, guided tour ticket € 4 (plus admission) No registration required (“first-come-first-served”), German only

4:00 pm–5:00 pm
Thu 26.06Public guided tour through Cool. Collection Erwin Hauser”

Duration 60 minutes, max. 25 people, guided tour ticket € 4 (plus admission) No registration required (“first-come-first-served”)

6:00 pm–7:00 pm
Thu 26.06Artist talk: on Nika Kupyrova

The art historian and author Denise Sumi talks to the artist Nika Kupyrova about the exhibition. 

7:00 pm–8:00 pm
Sat 28.06Lentos Ate­lier

Children and young people between the ages of 6 and 12 have the opportunity to discover works of art, work creatively and try out different techniques in the Lentos studio.

10:00 am–12:00 pm
Sat 28.06Los Lentoninios

Every second Saturday each month (in the holidays: Tuesday) our youngest visitors are cordially invited to the Donauatelier to give their fantasy and creativity free rein.

3:00 pm–4:30 pm
Sun 29.06Public guided tour through Cool. Collection Erwin Hauser”

Duration 60 minutes, max. 25 people, guided tour ticket € 4 (plus admission) No registration required (“first-come-first-served”)

4:00 pm–5:00 pm
Tue 01.07Baby tour: Cool. Erwin Hauser Collection

A relaxed tour through the exhibition, tailored to the needs of visitors with babies. Costs: museum admission only

10:30 am–11:30 am
Tue 01.07Public guided tour through Cool. Collection Erwin Hauser“ und The Collection“

Duration 60 minutes, max. 25 people, guided tour ticket € 4 (plus admission) No registration required (“first-come-first-served”), German only

4:00 pm–5:00 pm
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Video

#SneakPeek: Jean Egger

Exhibiton Booklet

A detailed exhibition booklet is available for the exhibition. German only

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The exhibition is accompanied by a richly illustrated catalogue with text contributions by Matthias Boeckl, Cornelia Cabuk, Brigitte Reutner-Doneus, Hemma Schmutz and Christine Wetzlinger-Grundnig, published by Johannes Heyn.

242 pages, German
€34Visit shop

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All our offers are conversation-oriented and include creative moments. We approach art by means of artistic attitudes and art-based processes. In doing so, we explicitly take the respective interests, questions and prerequisites of the children and young people as well as the individual goals of your educational institution as our starting point. We will be happy to tailor our offer to your teaching priorities and needs.


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