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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
Mon 01.09Press conference: Prix Ars Electronica

The Prix Ars Electronica is the world’s most established media art competition and offers groundbreaking insights each year into creative work at the intersection of art, technology, and society. In 2025, the Prix Ars Electronica exhibition will be on view at the Lentos.

10:00 am–11:00 am
Tue 02.09Public 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
Wed 03.09Prix Ars Electronica: Artist Talk Tour: Digital Musics & Sound Art

In english

2:00 pm–3:30 pm
Thu 04.09Prix Ars Electronica: Prix Tour: Unraveling Technology

In english

(In collaboration with the Institute of Science Tokyo)

2:00 pm–3:30 pm
Thu 04.09Prix Ars Electronica: Prix Tour: Unraveling Technology

In english

(In collaboration with the Institute of Science Tokyo)

2:00 pm–3:30 pm
Thu 04.09Public 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
Fri 05.09Prix Ars Electronica: Artist Talk Tour: New Animation Art and Artificial

In english

2:00 pm–3:30 pm
Sat 06.09Prix Ars Electronica: Expert Tour: Artistic Actions at the Intersections of Media Art with Emiko Ogawa

In english

2:00 pm–3:30 pm
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#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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