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Die Darstellung von Kaiserin Elisabeth durch ihre Vertraute, die Gräfin Marie Festetics, offenbart ein ambivalentes Bild der Monarchin. Während sie von Bewunderern als Inbegriff von Schönheit und Emanzipation gefeiert wird, kritisieren andere sie als launische und exzentrische Frau, die sich mehr für persönliche Vergnügungen als für ihre Pflichten interessiert. Ihre Leidenschaft für Sport und Tiere verleiht ihr ein modernes Flair, doch ihre Freizeitgestaltung und der übertriebene Schönheitskult werfen Fragen nach ihrer Verantwortung als Herrscherin und Mutter auf.

Fritz Aigner can be seen as one of the most well-known and controversial Linz painters. This monograph explores and explains his life as an artist using numerous paintings, graphics, drawings, sketches, photographs and letters which illuminate the unique history of the artist. His career began as a drawing child prodigy, continued through the Art Academy of Vienna with Sergius Pauser, his intense dialogues with Altdorfer, Rembrandt and Rudolf Hausner. Spirited and amusing - sometimes a little too raucous and tainted with erotic obsession - he uses his brush to comment on his surroundings. His virtuosity in painting comes to light in his numerous surrealistic pictures as well as his perceptive portraits. The texts of the artist prove that a sensitive creature hid behind this social enfant terrible. This book contains comments by his companions, critics and contemporaries as well as being enhanced by comments of his own family. The opulent core of this review is however the artistic oeuvre.