Exhibition: Zinkenbach painters' colony - insights into private collections

AUTUMNAL ART ENJOYMENT IN ST. GILGEN

Whether as a cultural highlight to round off a golden autumn day on Lake Wolfgang or as a welcome activity on a rainy autumn day: The Zinkenbacher Malerkolonie Museum invites you to discover this year’s exhibition through October 11!

“INSIGHTS INTO PRIVATE COLLECTIONS”

is the title of the exhibition, which uses selected loaned works to explore what motivates people to collect art. On display are masterpieces of Austrian interwar art being shown to the public for the first time, as well as hidden treasures from extraordinary private collections.

The 2026 exhibition also highlights what matters most to collectors: personal connections, emotions, and a passion for art.

Landscapes, portraits, still lifes, and prints by Josef Dobrowsky, Georg Ehrlich, Ernst Huber, Ludwig Heinrich Jungnickel, Ferdinand Kitt, Oskar Laske, Georg Merkel, Sergius Pauser, Lisel Salzer, Gertrude Schwarz-Helberger, Franz von Zülow, and many more—await you with the Wolfgangsee Card at a discounted price of 7.00 euros (regularly 9.00 euros for adults ages 16 and older).

The accompanying catalog offers in-depth insights into the artworks as well as fascinating background stories.

The Zinkenbach Artists’ Colony Museum in St. Gilgen on Lake Wolfgang is a small, charming museum that sheds light on the lives and work of the artists who spent their summer vacations at the Adambauern farm in Zinkenbach during the interwar period.
For over 25 years, the museum has presented annual exhibitions featuring works from its own collection as well as high-caliber loans from museums and private collections.

Curators:
MMag. Claudia Baumann
Mag. Robert Schmiedlehner