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Gustav Klimt
Austrian Art Nouveau Painter, 1862-1918
Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862 ?C February 6, 1918) was an Austrian Symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Art Nouveau (Vienna Secession) movement. His major works include paintings, murals, sketches, and other art objects, many of which are on display in the Vienna Secession gallery. Klimt's primary subject was the female body, and his works are marked by a frank eroticism--nowhere is this more apparent than in his numerous drawings in pencil.
Klimt's work is distinguished by the elegant gold or coloured decoration, often of a phallic shape that conceals the more erotic positions of the drawings upon which many of his paintings are based. This can be seen in Judith I (1901), and in The Kiss (1907?C1908), and especially in Danaë (1907). One of the most common themes Klimt utilized was that of the dominant woman, the femme fatale. Art historians note an eclectic range of influences contributing to Klimt's distinct style, including Egyptian, Minoan, Classical Greek, and Byzantine inspirations. Klimt was also inspired by the engravings of Albrecht D??rer, late medieval European painting, and Japanese Rimpa school. His mature works are characterized by a rejection of earlier naturalistic styles, and make use of symbols or symbolic elements to convey psychological ideas and emphasize the "freedom" of art from traditional culture.
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Painting ID:: 22462
Portrait of Marie Henneberg (mk20)
1901/1902
Bildnis Marie Henneberg
Oil on canvas,140 x 140 cm
Moritzburg State Gallery,Halle (East Germany)
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Painting ID:: 22467
Hope II (mk20)
1907/08
Die Hoffnung II
Oil and gold on canvas,110 x 110 cm
Collection,The Museum of Modern Art,New York.Mr and Mrs.Ronald S.Lauder and Helen Acheson Funds,and Serge Sabarsky
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Painting ID:: 22468
Gold Fish (mk20)
1901/02
Goldfische
Oil on canvas,150 x 46 cm
Dubi-Muller Foundation,Kunstmuseum,Solothurn
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Painting ID:: 22469
Apple Tree II (mk20)
around 1916
Apfelbaum II
Oil on canvas,80 x 80 cm
Austrian Gallery,Vienna
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Painting ID:: 22470
Landscape Garden (Meadow in Flower) (mk20)
around 1906
Gartenlandschaft (Bluhende Wiese)
Oil on canvas, 110 x 110 cm
Private collection,New York
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Gustav Klimt
Austrian Art Nouveau Painter, 1862-1918
Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862 ?C February 6, 1918) was an Austrian Symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Art Nouveau (Vienna Secession) movement. His major works include paintings, murals, sketches, and other art objects, many of which are on display in the Vienna Secession gallery. Klimt's primary subject was the female body, and his works are marked by a frank eroticism--nowhere is this more apparent than in his numerous drawings in pencil.
Klimt's work is distinguished by the elegant gold or coloured decoration, often of a phallic shape that conceals the more erotic positions of the drawings upon which many of his paintings are based. This can be seen in Judith I (1901), and in The Kiss (1907?C1908), and especially in Danaë (1907). One of the most common themes Klimt utilized was that of the dominant woman, the femme fatale. Art historians note an eclectic range of influences contributing to Klimt's distinct style, including Egyptian, Minoan, Classical Greek, and Byzantine inspirations. Klimt was also inspired by the engravings of Albrecht D??rer, late medieval European painting, and Japanese Rimpa school. His mature works are characterized by a rejection of earlier naturalistic styles, and make use of symbols or symbolic elements to convey psychological ideas and emphasize the "freedom" of art from traditional culture.
. Related Artists to Gustav Klimt: | Giuseppe Bazzani | Winslow Homer | Nils von Dardel | Christian-Bernard Rode | Eugene de Blaas |
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