Tobias G. Natter (born 26 May 1961 in

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, Vorarlberg) is an Austrian

art historian Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today ...

and internationally renowned art expert with a particular expertise in "Vienna 1900".

Career

Natter studied art history and history at the universities of

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, and

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and graduated with a PhD in 1988. His museum career started at the

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, after which he spent 15 years with the

Österreichische Galerie Belvedere The Österreichische Galerie Belvedere is a museum housed in the Belvedere palace, in Vienna, Austria. The Belvedere palaces were the summer residence of Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663–1736). The ensemble was built in the early eighteenth centu ...

in Vienna, serving ultimately as the museums´s head curator. Natter was also a consultant and frequent guest curator for the

Jewish Museum Vienna The Jüdisches Museum Wien, trading as ''Jüdisches Museum der Stadt Wien GmbH'' or the Jewish Museum Vienna, is a museum of Jewish history, life and religion in Austria. The museum is present on two locations, in the Palais Eskeles in the Doroth ...

, which was re-established in 1990. In 2001, he was invited by the

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, founded by

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and Serge Sabarsky, to organize the museum's first loan exhibition devoted to

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. In 2006 Natter joined the

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as director launching the museum's architectural extension and repositioning. In 2011 he was assigned artistic director of the

Leopold Museum The Leopold Museum, housed in the Museumsquartier in Vienna, Austria, is home to one of the largest collections of modern Austrian art, featuring artists such as Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka and Richard Gerstl. It contains the wo ...

in Vienna where he continued to develop the museum's profile and broadened the exhibition policy with uncommon shows such as ''nude men'' (2012/13). On October 28, 2013, he declared his dismissal from this function due to turbulence with his CFO Peter Weinhäupl and Weinhäupl's involvement with the Gustav Klimt Wien 1900 Privatstiftung featuring the Klimt collection of

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, a prominent figure of Nazi filmmaking. In 2014 he founded Natter Fine Arts, a company specializing in the development of exhibitions and the evaluation of art works. Most recently he curated amongst others exhibitions for the

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(2016/17), the

(2017), the

Vienna (2017), the

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(2017/18) and the

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(2021). Natter was entrusted with the estate appraisal of major Austrian artists such as

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(1919-2014), Ernst Fuchs (1930-2015), and

Anton Lehmden Anton Lehmden (2 January 1929 – 7 August 2018) was an Austrian painter, draughtsman, and printmaker. Lehmden was a co-founder, together with Ernst Fuchs, Maître Leherb (Helmut Leherb), Rudolf Hausner, Arik Brauer, Fritz Janschka and Wol ...

(1929-2018). As part of his extensive writings, he published the current catalogue raisonné of the paintings by

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(2012) and

Egon Schiele Egon Leo Adolf Ludwig Schiele (; 12 June 1890 – 31 October 1918) was an Austrian Expressionist painter. His work is noted for its intensity and its raw sexuality, and for the many self-portraits the artist produced, including nude self-portr ...

(2017) both of which are available in several languages. In 2011 Natter was enrolled as a certified court expert for Austrian art from 1800 until today and is often consulted in provenance issues.

Awards

2018: awarded the title Professor by the Austrian Federal President.

Books

* ''Hodler, Klimt und die Wiener Werkstätte'', ed. on behalf of the Kunsthaus Zürich, Scheidegger & Spiess, Zürich 2021 . * ''The Self-Portrait: From Schiele to Beckmann'', ed. on behalf of the Neue Galerie New York, Prestel, Munich e.a. 2019 . * ''Egon Schiele: The Complete Paintings 1909 – 1918'',

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, Cologne 2017, . * ''Gustav Klimt: The Complete Paintings'', Taschen, Cologne 2012, . * ''Die Welt von Klimt, Schiele und Kokoschka. Sammler und Mäzene'', DuMont, Cologne 2003, .

As editor

* ''Klimt & Rodin: An Artistic Encounter'', ed. together with Max Hollein, DelMonico Books - Prestel Verlag, München, 2017, . * ''Klimt and Antiquity: Erotic Encounters, ed. together with'' Stella Rollig, Prestel, Munich, 2017, . * ''Art for all. The Colour Woodcut in Vienna around 1900'', ed. together with Max Hollein and Klaus Albrecht-Schröder, Taschen, Cologne 2016, . * ''Fürstenglanz. Die Macht der Pracht'', ed. together with

Agnes Husslein Agnes Husslein, also Agnes Husslein-Arco, (born 22 May 1954) is an Austrian art historian and art manager. Life Husslein was born the daughter of Felicitas (''née'' Boeckl) and Carl Heinrich Arco in Vienna (1920–1978).Literature by Tobias G. Natter in the catalogue of the German National Library

Literature by Tobias G. Natter in the catalogue of the Austrian libraries association

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