Ramblings Loosely Related to Art History #5: A Wittgenstein Wochenendbeilage
There are loads more cool things about Wittgenstein. Since his family was minted, he chilled with so many of his generation’s elite—especially the artistic elite. I suppose one way of putting it would be that when you walk into the Neue Galerie on 5th Ave., you’re pretty much entering Wittgenstein’s world.For the better format of this post, click here. This painting by Klimt is of Wittgenstein’s sister, also known as Margaret Stonborough (1905). Wittgenstein’s father also commissioned works by Rodin and fully funded the Vienna Secession building. Basically, he was the sugar daddy for many artists and architects of the various modernist movements. The...
