RUDOLF WACKER.
Magic and Abysses of Reality

Editor: Laura Feurle, Marianne Hussl-Hörmann, Hans-Peter Wipplinger

Authors: Laura Feurle, Herbert Giese, Marianne Hussl-Hörmann, Ute Pfanner, Rudolf Sagmeister, Kathleen Sagmeister-Fox, Jürgen Thaler

The Leopold Museum is dedicating a comprehensive retrospective exhibition to the multi-faceted oeuvre of Rudolf Wacker (1893–1939) as one of the most eminent Austrian contributions to New Objectivity in Europe. Featuring around 200 exhibits, Rudolf Wacker. Magic and Abysses of Reality retraces the development of the Vorarlberg painter and draftsman, highlights thematic emphases of his oeuvre and illustrates his works’ artistic quality and technical perfection. In his art, Wacker focused on his immediate surroundings, on the “magic of the everyday”, which he condensed in his still lifes, on the landscapes of his hometown, on female nudes and self-portraits.