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Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918)

Creator details

Name
Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918)
Nationality
Austrian
Biography
Gustav Klimt (b. 1862 d. 1918) was born in Vienna, he became a prominent Austrian symbolist painter and a member of the Vienna Secession movement. He is renowned for his paintings, murals, sketches and objects d'art. His primary subject was the female body, or the femme fatale, and eroticism. His work is distinguished by his elegant golden style. He also incorporated naturalistic and symbolic elements to express psychological concepts and a rejection of traditional culture.
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Assets (200 in total)

The Kiss, 1907-08 (oil on canvas)
Portrait of a young woman, 1896-97 (drawing)
The Birch Wood, 1903 (oil on canvas)
Danae, 1907-08 (oil on canvas)
The Stoclet Frieze, Fulfilment, 1908-11 (pencil, gold, pastel & gouache on paper)
The Kiss, 1907-08 (oil on canvas) (detail of 601)
Flower Garden, 1905-07 (oil on canvas)
Fruit garden with roses (Obstgarten mit Rosen), c.1911-12 (oil on canvas)
The Stoclet Frieze, The Tree of Life, 1908-11 (pencil, gold, pastel & gouache on paper)
Death and Life, c.1911 (oil on canvas)
Goldfish, 1901-02 (oil on canvas)
Emilie Floege, 1902 (oil on canvas)
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