Tonight's The Big Night, But First...The Belvedere Palace

We have tickets this evening to a gala ball at Vienna City Hall - a black tie affair highlighted by a balcony view of the fireworks at midnight.  I'll be all over that one tomorrow. 

But today, while we counted the hours until time to get dressed up, we visited the Belvedere Palace and museum.  It houses the world's largest collection of Gustav Klimt's work.  And if you saw the movie "Woman in Gold," you know that work used to be here, b  ut now resides in New York.

So, go get your iPod again...I'm just going to let you enjoy some of what we saw today.

An amazing piece - The Five Senses     Hans Makart

Cupid & Psyche     Theodor Freidl

Delicate and so expressive

Paul Hermann & Paul Contard     Edvard Munch

(I know...I thought it was Ed Sheeran and Ashton Kutcher, too!)

The Plain of Auvers     van Gogh

Sunset/Largo     Hofmann    

The Kiss     Gustav Klimt

Outstanding!

Judith     Gustav Klimt

Portrait of Fritza Riedler     Gustav Klimt

Portrait of Amalie Zuckerkandl     Gustav Klimt

Unfinished - he died before finishing it

Farm Garden with Sunflowers     Gustav Klimt

The Poppy Field     Gustav Klimt

Men by the Sea     Edvard Munch

After the Bath     Renoir

The Chef     Monet

Garden in Giverny     Monet

I'm off to take a nap before the celebrations begin.  Happy New Year, everybody!