Looking for inspiration in Albertina Museum

Ross Horbi
6 min readApr 21, 2023

Last weekend my lovely wife Anna and I visited ALBERTINA modern museum in Vienna, Austria. The museum is located in the heart of Vienna and is home to a wide range of modern and contemporary art.

We were excited because there was an exhibition of some famous artists on display, such as Andy Warhol, Alex Katz, Roy Lichtenstein, and Damien Hirst.

The exhibition showcased some of their most famous works, including Warhol’s “Campbell’s Soup Cans,” Katz’s “Blue Umbrella II” Lichtenstein’s “La Sortie!,” and Hirst’s “The Last Supper.”

It was an unforgettable experience to see these works of art, but I made a mistake by not exploring their biographies before attending the museum. So let’s do it now!

Andy Warhol

1928–1987

When you think about Pop Art, you gotta think about the man himself — Andy Warhol. He’s one of the most famous guys in modern art, and people write books, make movies, and even talk academically about him and his life. He had some pretty cool friends, and he loved his tomato soup lunches. You can still see his work in exhibitions all over the world.

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