Gustav Klimt

Gustav Klimt (14 July 1862 – 6 February 1918) was an Austrian Symbolist painter. He was one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. His major works include paintings, murals, sketches, and other art objects. Many of them are on display in the Vienna Secession gallery. Klimt's primary subject was the female body,[1] and his works are marked by a frank eroticism — nowhere is this more apparent than in his numerous drawings in pencil (see Mulher sentada, below).[2]

Gustav Klimt
Born
Gustav Klimt

(1862-07-14)14 July 1862
Baumgarten (near Vienna), Austrian Empire
Died6 February 1918(1918-02-06) (aged 55)
Vienna, Austria-Hungary
NationalityImperial Austrian
Known forPainter
Notable work
Judith and the Head of Holofernes
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I
The Kiss
Danaë
MovementSymbolism, Art Nouveau

Klimt died of influenza in Vienna in 1918. [3]

Pictures
  • Kiss
    Kiss
  • Judith
    Judith
  • Jungfrauen
    Jungfrauen
  • Adele Bloch-Bauer I
    Adele Bloch-Bauer I
  • Adele Bloch-Bauer II, 1912
    Adele Bloch-Bauer II, 1912
  • Allee im Park von Schloss Kammer, 1912
    Allee im Park von Schloss Kammer, 1912
  • Portrait Eugenia (Mäda) Primavesi, 1912
    Portrait Eugenia (Mäda) Primavesi, 1912
  • Dànae, 1907
    Dànae, 1907
  • Johanna Staude
    Johanna Staude
  • Adam and Eve
    Adam and Eve
  • Malcesine, Lake of Garda
    Malcesine, Lake of Garda
  • Church of Cassone at Malcesine
    Church of Cassone at Malcesine
  • Masturbation, 1913
    Masturbation, 1913

References
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  1. " The most important element of his fame is his reputation as a master of eroticism". Fleidel, Gottfried: "Gustav Klimt 1862-1918 The World in Female Form.", p. 14. Benedikt Taschen, 1994.
  2. Sabarsky, Serge, et al., Gustav Klimt: Drawings, p. 18. Moyer Bell Limited, 1983. ISBN 0-918825-19-9
  3. "How Art Movements Tried to Make Sense of the World in the Wake of the 1918 Flu Pandemic". Time. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
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