Ludwig Wittgenstein and Adolf Loos met in 1914, at a time when Wittgenstein was donating part of his inherited fortune to artists and cultural figures. The two appeared to share many common views, and Wittgenstein was pleased by the encounter. Paul Engelmann, who later co-designed the house for Wittgenstein’s sister Margaret Stonborough, had been a student of Loos.

Source: Monk, R. (1991). Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius. Vintage.

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Georg Trakl was among the cultural figures to whom Ludwig Wittgenstein gave part of his inherited fortune. Wittgenstein had planned to visit Trakl in Kraków during the First World War, but the meeting never took place due to Trakl’s death. A commemorative plaque on the Mönchsberg in Salzburg honours the poet.

Source: Monk, R. (1991). Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius. Vintage.

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Margaret Stonborough, a sister of Ludwig Wittgenstein for whom he designed the renowned house in Vienna’s 3rd district, was laid to rest in the cemetery in Gmunden, Upper Austria.

Quelle: Greiner, M. (2018). Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein: Grande Dame der Wiener Moderne. Residenz Verlag.

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Villa Toscana in Gmunden, Upper Austria, became the summer residence of Margaret Stonborough, Ludwig Wittgenstein’s sister, in 1912. Wittgenstein himself also stayed there on several occasions as a guest. Today, the villa serves as a venue for conferences.

Source: Greiner, M. (2018). Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein: Grande Dame der Wiener Moderne. Residenz Verlag.

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Alles, was der Fall ist – ein philosophisches Theaterexperiment am Akademietheater. Das Regieduo Dead Centre brachte Wittgensteins Tractatus All That Is the Case" – a philosophical theatre experiment at the Akademietheater. The directing duo Dead Centre linked Wittgenstein’s Tractatus with a recent act of violence. Using a miniature model and digital projection, they reconstructed an event that resists simple representation – a reflection on the unsayable.

External link: Burgtheater/Akademietheater

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