3/internal/media/dispatcher/142841/fullDiving Bird1939[Erika Giovanna Klien]Erika Giovanna KlienOil on canvas Erika Giovanna Klien was one of the most important exponents of Viennese Kineticism. Her works are characterized by depictions of sequences of movement composed out of geometric forms. On the threshold between non-representational and figurative art, Diving Bird evokes the impression of a smooth wingbeat by capturing each moment of the bird’s swoop in a fanned array of forms and colors. Movement is dissected into its separate stages as if seen in slow motion. Rhythm, speed, and motion remained key themes in Klien’s art after she emigrated to the USA in 1929. It was here that she created her Diving Bird in 1939. Paintinghttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/10373/rdf/internal/media/dispatcher/144016/fullBaroque Composition1938[Lilly Steiner]Lilly SteinerOil on canvasPaintinghttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/2950/rdf/internal/media/dispatcher/117817/fullGuard1938[Greta Freist]Greta FreistOil on canvasAfter studying at the Vienna academy, Greta Freist shared a studio in Döbling with her colleague and partner Gottfried Goebel and the writer Heimito von Doderer, which became a meeting place for artists and writers. In 1936 she emigrated with Goebel to Paris. Within her œuvre, which featured many changes in style, the magically tinged realism of these years stands out in particular, demonstrating her intensive exploration of Surrealism. In the 1938 painting The Guard, the artist imagines a moonlit underwater scene that may be interpreted as a comment on the widespread ignorance about the political upheavals of the time. Paintinghttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/5241/rdf