Vienna museum given artworks

Liechtenstein lawyer Herbert Batliner and his wife, Rita, have donated their collection of 500 artworks, including 40 Picassos and works by Monet, Modigliani and Francis Bacon, to Vienna’s Albertina art museum.

The Batliners, who began their collection almost 50 years ago, made their gift as an indefinite loan to the museum.

The Albertina also announced a long-term loan of 50 works from Swiss collectors Eva and Mathias Forberg, including paintings by Wassily Kandinsky, Lyonel Feininger and Paul Klee.