Christian Voigt

Wiblingen Monastery Library, Germany by Christian Voigt

2024

Admont Abbey Library Admont, Austria, 2021 126 x 222 cm Edition size: 12 Light jet, exposure on high glossy paper and aluminum dibond Framed with tulipwood, distance framing, and a UV 99 museum glass. The Admont Abbey Library near Vienna is one of the great works of art from the late Baroque period in Europe where different genres of art (architecture, frescoes, sculptures, writings & printed works) have merged into a unity. The library comprises around 200,000 volumes, whose most precious treasures are the more than 1,400 manuscripts (from the 8th century) and the 530 incunabula (early prints up to the year 1500). Christian Voigt is the first artist to be allowed to photograph the Admont Abbey Library after its extensive renovation and after the complete return of the historic book collection. Artist Bio: Born in Munich, Germany, Christian Voigt lives and works in Hamburg and The South of France. His current studio is situated in Hamburg.Christian Voigt works with large-format cameras, both digital and analogue. He experiments with new camera...

Austrian National Library Vienna, Austria, 2022 166 x 136 cm Edition size: 12 Light jet, exposure on high glossy paper and aluminum dibond Framed with tulipwood, distance framing, and a UV 99 museum glass. Located in the Wiener Hofburg the Austrian National Library is considered one of the most beautiful historic library halls in the world. Commissioned in 1722 by Charles VI, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, the historic building was constructed by the famous baroque architect Johann Bernhard Fischer von...

Philosophical Hall Strahov Monastery, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, 2015 157 x 224 cm Edition size: 12 Light jet, exposure on high glossy paper and aluminum dibond Framed with tulipwood, distance framing, and a UV 99 museum glass. The Monastery of the Premonstratensian Order at Strahov in Prague has a history reaching back to the 12th century and is a listed National Cultural Monument of the Czech Republic. The monastery was founded during the reign of King Vladislav II on the impetus of the Bishop of Olomouc Jindřich Zdík. The monastery acquired its current Baroque appearance in the years between 1671 and 1674, when an extensive rebuilding was carried out according to design by the architect Giovanni Domenico Orsi. Additional alterations were carried out in 1742 by the architect-builder Anselmo Lurago. The beginnings of today’s library of the Strahov monastery can be placed in the era of Giovanni Domenico Orsi’s rebuilding work. Visitors to the Philosophical Hall are immediately drawn to the painting on its ceiling titled, “The Spiritual Progress of Mankind” by the artist Franz Anton Maulbertsch, who was assisted by his pupil Martin Michl. The artist worked on the painting from April till October 1794. The book collection of the Philosophical Hall library contains works on history, theology, poetry and liturgical texts. Christian Voigt...

Research Library II Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, The Netherlands, 2014 133 x 250 cm Edition size: 12 Light jet, exposure on high glossy paper and aluminum dibond Framed with tulipwood, distance framing, and a UV 99 museum glass. The Rijksmuseum Research Library in Amsterdam is one of the main art libraries in the world. Catalogues of auctions and exhibitions, trade and collection catalogues, as well as books, periodicals and annual reports relating to the museum collections have been collected without interruption since 1885. The library is situated in the main building of the Rijksmuseum and houses a reading room and a study room. Artist Bio: Born in Munich, Germany, Christian Voigt lives and works in Hamburg and The South of France. His current studio is situated in Hamburg.Christian Voigt works with large-format cameras, both digital and analogue. He experiments with new camera...

Reinhard Görner Schussenried Abbey I Library Germany 50" x 63" Edition of 10 $6,000 60" x 75.7" Edition of 7 $9,000 70" x 88.3" Edition of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered on label,...

Reinhard Görner Schussenried Abbey I Library Germany 50" x 63" Edition of 10 $6,000 60" x 75.7" Edition of 7 $9,000 70" x 88.3" Edition of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered on label,...

Reinhard Görner Schussenried Abbey Library Germany 50" x 59.9" Edition of 10 $6,000 60" x 71.9" Edition of 7 $9,000 70" x 83.8" Edition of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered on label,...

Reinhard Görner Schussenried Abbey Library Germany 50" x 59.9" Edition of 10 $6,000 60" x 71.9" Edition of 7 $9,000 70" x 83.8" Edition of 5 $11,000...