This is a beautiful museum in a former Palace. After a morning at the huge Saturday flea market and food market, we strolled here to see the “Monet to Picasso” exhibit, and also visited the Palace apartments.

The paintings are all part of the museum’s very extensive collection of Modernist European art. There were many, many wonderful and recognizable works.

As well as unfamiliar paintings by familiar artists, like Magritte

and Picasso.

I think the landscape below, by Edvard  Munch, is particularly striking when you take into account that he lost both his mother and sister early in life. (I can’t be the only one who sees a ghost, although that’s not mentioned in the description of the painting).

After the paintings, the royal rooms. I especially liked the dining room, which is ringed by statues of Apollo and the Nine Muses.

The Habsburgs were never ones to decorate lightly.

Another favorite was the Wedgewood Cabinet.

Details on the walls of the Wedgewood room.

And then on to dinner, and the decision to spend Sunday with our feet up. 🙂