PETER BALDINGER – OLD MASTERS, NEW PIECES
The exhibition “Old Masters, New Pieces” at Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum presents Austrian artist Peter Baldinger, who draws on the traditions of art history and transforms them into a contemporary visual language.
Baldinger’s painting is as diverse as the history of art itself. In his paraphrases and quotations, he repeatedly draws from a rich reservoir of masterpieces. The themes of his diffuse series images that appear as if seen through frosted glass, with low resolution and oversized pixels distorting objects beyond recognition—are inspired by works of old masters such as Raphael, Goya, Velázquez and Titian, as well as modernist icons like Monet, Picasso and even Andy Warhol.
He is equally interested in iconic portraits as archetypal myths of human history, such as The Fall of Man or recurring narratives of abduction and male violence.
Baldinger reinterprets these historical references and explores recurring patterns of human behaviour across centuries. His characteristic pixel-like paintings create the impression of viewing images through frosted glass, questioning perception and memory.
The exhibition opens to the public on 31 March 2026.
