Gustav Klimt Painting Reproductions 1 of 7
1862-1918
Austrian Secession Painter
Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862 - 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 is the female body, and his works are marked by a frank eroticism. His pencil drawings, which are very numerous, have been regarded by many as his greatest legacy.
Life and art
Gustav Klimt was born in Baumgarten, near Vienna, Austria, the second of seven children. His father (Ernst Klimt) was an engraver and was married to Anna Klimt (nee Finster). He lived in poverty for most of his childhood.
He was educated at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts (Kunstgewerbeschule) in the years 1879-1883, and received training as an architectural decorator. He began his professional career painting interior murals in large public buildings on the Ringstrace. Klimt was also an honorary member of the Universities of Munich and Vienna.
In 1893 Klimt was commissioned to do three paintings to decorate the ceiling of the Great Hall in the University of Vienna. His three paintings, Philosphy, Medicine and Jurisprudence were criticized for their radical themes and 'pornographic' material resulting in their not being displayed on the ceiling of the great Hall. All three paintings were eventually destroyed by retreating SS forces in May 1945. This would also be the last time Klimt accepted any public commissions to do work.
His work is distinguished by the elegant gold or coloured decoration, often phallic in shape that conceals the more erotic positions of the drawings he based many of his paintings on. This can be seen in Judith I (1901), and in The Kiss (1907-1908), and especially in Danae (1907). 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 Durer, late medieval European painting, and Japanese Ukiyo-e. His works are also characterized by a rejection of earlier naturalistic styles, and the use of symbols or symbolic elements to convey psychological ideas and emphasize the "freedom" of art from traditional culture.
Klimt was one of the founding members of the Wiener Sezession (Vienna Secession) and of the periodical Ver Sacrum. He left the movement in 1908.
Klimt took annual summer holidays on the shores of Attersee and painted some of the landscapes he saw there.
He died in Vienna on February 6, 1918 of a stroke and was interred at the Hietzing Cemetery, Vienna. Numerous paintings were left unfinished.
Klimt has the distinction of being the artist with the highest selling price on a painting. Purchased for the Neue Galerie in New York by Ronald Lauder for a reported US $135 million, the 1907 portrait "Adele Bloch-Bauer I" deposed Picasso's 1905 "Boy With a Pipe" (sold May 5, 2004 for $104 million) on or around June 19, 2006.
Life and art
Gustav Klimt was born in Baumgarten, near Vienna, Austria, the second of seven children. His father (Ernst Klimt) was an engraver and was married to Anna Klimt (nee Finster). He lived in poverty for most of his childhood.
He was educated at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts (Kunstgewerbeschule) in the years 1879-1883, and received training as an architectural decorator. He began his professional career painting interior murals in large public buildings on the Ringstrace. Klimt was also an honorary member of the Universities of Munich and Vienna.
In 1893 Klimt was commissioned to do three paintings to decorate the ceiling of the Great Hall in the University of Vienna. His three paintings, Philosphy, Medicine and Jurisprudence were criticized for their radical themes and 'pornographic' material resulting in their not being displayed on the ceiling of the great Hall. All three paintings were eventually destroyed by retreating SS forces in May 1945. This would also be the last time Klimt accepted any public commissions to do work.
His work is distinguished by the elegant gold or coloured decoration, often phallic in shape that conceals the more erotic positions of the drawings he based many of his paintings on. This can be seen in Judith I (1901), and in The Kiss (1907-1908), and especially in Danae (1907). 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 Durer, late medieval European painting, and Japanese Ukiyo-e. His works are also characterized by a rejection of earlier naturalistic styles, and the use of symbols or symbolic elements to convey psychological ideas and emphasize the "freedom" of art from traditional culture.
Klimt was one of the founding members of the Wiener Sezession (Vienna Secession) and of the periodical Ver Sacrum. He left the movement in 1908.
Klimt took annual summer holidays on the shores of Attersee and painted some of the landscapes he saw there.
He died in Vienna on February 6, 1918 of a stroke and was interred at the Hietzing Cemetery, Vienna. Numerous paintings were left unfinished.
Klimt has the distinction of being the artist with the highest selling price on a painting. Purchased for the Neue Galerie in New York by Ronald Lauder for a reported US $135 million, the 1907 portrait "Adele Bloch-Bauer I" deposed Picasso's 1905 "Boy With a Pipe" (sold May 5, 2004 for $104 million) on or around June 19, 2006.
162 Klimt Paintings
The Kiss c.1907/08
Oil Painting
$1271
$1271
Canvas Print
$76.39
$76.39
SKU: KLG-2628
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 180 x 180 cm
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 180 x 180 cm
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
The Three Ages of Woman 1905
Oil Painting
$1539
$1539
Canvas Print
$77.64
$77.64
SKU: KLG-2629
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 178 x 198 cm
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 178 x 198 cm
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy
Death and Life c.1910/15
Oil Painting
$2381
$2381
Canvas Print
$68.89
$68.89
SKU: KLG-2630
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 178 x 198 cm
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 178 x 198 cm
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria
Hope I 1903
Oil Painting
$1375
$1375
Canvas Print
$50.41
$50.41
SKU: KLG-2631
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 189.2 x 67 cm
National Gallery of Art, Ottawa, Canada
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 189.2 x 67 cm
National Gallery of Art, Ottawa, Canada
Hope II c.1907/08
Oil Painting
$1357
$1357
Canvas Print
$76.39
$76.39
SKU: KLG-2632
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 110.5 x 110.5 cm
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 110.5 x 110.5 cm
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Water Serpents I c.1904/07
Oil Painting
$1357
$1357
Canvas Print
$50.41
$50.41
SKU: KLG-2633
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 50 x 20 cm
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 50 x 20 cm
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Gold Fish c.1901/02
Oil Painting
$1464
$1464
Canvas Print
$50.41
$50.41
SKU: KLG-2634
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 181 x 66.5 cm
Dubi-Muller Foundation, Solothurn, Switzerland
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 181 x 66.5 cm
Dubi-Muller Foundation, Solothurn, Switzerland
Judith II (Salome) 1909
Oil Painting
$1199
$1199
Canvas Print
$50.41
$50.41
SKU: KLG-2635
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 178 x 46 cm
Galleria d'Arte Moderne, Venice, Italy
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 178 x 46 cm
Galleria d'Arte Moderne, Venice, Italy
Judith I 1901
Oil Painting
$1083
$1083
Canvas Print
$50.41
$50.41
SKU: KLG-2636
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 84 x 42 cm
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 84 x 42 cm
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Danae c.1907/08
Oil Painting
$915
$915
Canvas Print
$70.70
$70.70
SKU: KLG-2637
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 77 x 83 cm
Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 77 x 83 cm
Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria
The Virgin (The Maiden) 1913
Oil Painting
$1500
$1500
Canvas Print
$72.92
$72.92
SKU: KLG-2638
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 190 x 200 cm
National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 190 x 200 cm
National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
The Dancer c.1916/18
Oil Painting
$1838
$1838
Canvas Print
$50.41
$50.41
SKU: KLG-2639
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 180 x 90 cm
Private Collection
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 180 x 90 cm
Private Collection
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II 1912
Oil Painting
$1431
$1431
Canvas Print
$50.41
$50.41
SKU: KLG-2640
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 190 x 120 cm
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 190 x 120 cm
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Portrait of Emilie Floge 1902
Oil Painting
$2154
$2154
Canvas Print
$53.42
$53.42
SKU: KLG-2641
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 181 x 84 cm
Wien Museum Karlsplatz, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 181 x 84 cm
Wien Museum Karlsplatz, Vienna, Austria
Portait of Margaret Stonborough-Whittgenstein 1905
Oil Painting
$1431
$1431
Canvas Print
$63.83
$63.83
SKU: KLG-2642
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 179.8 x 90.5 cm
Neue Pinakothek, Munich, Germany
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 179.8 x 90.5 cm
Neue Pinakothek, Munich, Germany
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I 1907
Oil Painting
$1834
$1834
Canvas Print
$76.39
$76.39
SKU: KLG-2643
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 138 x 138 cm
Neue Galerie, New York, USA
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 138 x 138 cm
Neue Galerie, New York, USA
Portrait of Fritza Riedler 1906
Oil Painting
$2051
$2051
Canvas Print
$67.09
$67.09
SKU: KLG-2644
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 152 x 134 cm
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 152 x 134 cm
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Portrait of Mada Primavesi 1912
Oil Painting
$1597
$1597
Canvas Print
$93.24
$93.24
SKU: KLG-2645
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 149.9 x 110.5 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 149.9 x 110.5 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Portrait of Eugenia Primavesi c.1913/14
Oil Painting
$1396
$1396
Canvas Print
$50.41
$50.41
SKU: KLG-2646
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 140 x 84 cm
Private Collection
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 140 x 84 cm
Private Collection
Portrait of Hermine Gallia 1904
Oil Painting
$1375
$1375
Canvas Print
$50.41
$50.41
SKU: KLG-2647
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 170.5 x 96.5 cm
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 170.5 x 96.5 cm
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Girl Friends c.1916/17
Oil Painting
$1309
$1309
Canvas Print
$76.39
$76.39
SKU: KLG-2648
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 99 x 99 cm
Destroyed by Fire at Immendorf Palace in 1945
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 99 x 99 cm
Destroyed by Fire at Immendorf Palace in 1945
Water Serpents II c.1904/07
Oil Painting
$1606
$1606
Canvas Print
$70.28
$70.28
SKU: KLG-2649
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 80 x 145 cm
Private Collection
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 80 x 145 cm
Private Collection
Music I 1895
Oil Painting
$987
$987
Canvas Print
$50.41
$50.41
SKU: KLG-2650
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 27.5 x 35.5 cm
Neue Pinakothek, Munich, Germany
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 27.5 x 35.5 cm
Neue Pinakothek, Munich, Germany
Schubert at the Piano 1899
Oil Painting
$2313
$2313
Canvas Print
$63.78
$63.78
SKU: KLG-2651
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 150 x 200 cm
Destroyed by Fire at Immendorf Palace in 1945
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 150 x 200 cm
Destroyed by Fire at Immendorf Palace in 1945