Gustav Klimt Painting Reproductions 2 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
Portrait of a Lady (Frau Haymann) c.1894
Oil Painting
$889
$889
Canvas Print
$50.85
$50.85
SKU: KLG-2652
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 39 x 23 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 39 x 23 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
Portrait of Sonja Knips c.1897/98
Oil Painting
$2778
$2778
Canvas Print
$77.07
$77.07
SKU: KLG-2653
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 145 x 146 cm
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 145 x 146 cm
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Portrait of Marie Henneberg c.1901/02
Oil Painting
$1653
$1653
Canvas Print
$50.85
$50.85
SKU: KLG-2654
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 140 x 140 cm
Moritzburg State Gallery, Halle, Germany
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 140 x 140 cm
Moritzburg State Gallery, Halle, Germany
Mermaids (Whitefish) c.1899
Oil Painting
$1053
$1053
Canvas Print
$67.25
$67.25
SKU: KLG-2655
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 82 x 52 cm
Private Collection
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 82 x 52 cm
Private Collection
Nude Veritas 1899
Oil Painting
$1369
$1369
Canvas Print
$50.85
$50.85
SKU: KLG-2656
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 252 x 56 cm
Theatre Collection of the National Librady, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 252 x 56 cm
Theatre Collection of the National Librady, Vienna, Austria
Garden Path with Chickens 1916
Oil Painting
$2330
$2330
Canvas Print
$77.07
$77.07
SKU: KLG-2657
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 110 x 110 cm
Destroyed by Fire at Immendorf Palace in 1945
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 110 x 110 cm
Destroyed by Fire at Immendorf Palace in 1945
Farm Garden with Crucifix c.1911/12
Oil Painting
$2382
$2382
Canvas Print
$77.07
$77.07
SKU: KLG-2658
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 110 x 110 cm
Destroyed by Fire at Immendorf Palace in 1945
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 110 x 110 cm
Destroyed by Fire at Immendorf Palace in 1945
Attersee 1915
Oil Painting
$2225
$2225
Canvas Print
$77.07
$77.07
SKU: KLG-2659
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 111 x 111 cm
Rupertinum Museum, Salzburg, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 111 x 111 cm
Rupertinum Museum, Salzburg, Austria
Avenue in Schloss Kammer Park 1912
Oil Painting
$2330
$2330
Canvas Print
$77.07
$77.07
SKU: KLG-2660
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 110 x 110 cm
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 110 x 110 cm
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Farm Garden with Sunflowers 1906
Oil Painting
$2382
$2382
Canvas Print
$77.07
$77.07
SKU: KLG-2661
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 110 x 110 cm
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 110 x 110 cm
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
The Park 1910
Oil Painting
$2382
$2382
Canvas Print
$77.07
$77.07
SKU: KLG-2662
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 110.4 x 110.4 cm
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 110.4 x 110.4 cm
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Kammer Castle at Attersee I 1908
Oil Painting
$2330
$2330
Canvas Print
$77.07
$77.07
SKU: KLG-2663
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 110 x 110 cm
National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 110 x 110 cm
National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Landscape Garden (Meadow in Flowers) c.1905/06
Oil Painting
$2382
$2382
SKU: KLG-2664
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 110 x 110 cm
Private Collection
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 110 x 110 cm
Private Collection
Apple Tree I 1912
Oil Painting
$2382
$2382
Canvas Print
$77.07
$77.07
SKU: KLG-2665
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 109 x 110 cm
Private Collection
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 109 x 110 cm
Private Collection
Farmhouse in Upper Austria 1911
Oil Painting
$2382
$2382
Canvas Print
$77.07
$77.07
SKU: KLG-2666
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 110 x 110 cm
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 110 x 110 cm
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Poppy Field 1907
Oil Painting
$2382
$2382
Canvas Print
$77.07
$77.07
SKU: KLG-2667
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 110 x 110 cm
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 110 x 110 cm
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Malcesine on Lake Garda 1913
Oil Painting
$2330
$2330
SKU: KLG-2668
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 110 x 110 cm
Destroyed by Fire at Immendorf Palace in 1945
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 110 x 110 cm
Destroyed by Fire at Immendorf Palace in 1945
Church at Unterach at Attersee c.1916/17
Oil Painting
$1565
$1565
Canvas Print
$77.07
$77.07
SKU: KLG-2669
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 110 x 110 cm
Private Collection
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 110 x 110 cm
Private Collection
Houses at Unterach on the Attersee c.1916
Oil Painting
$1189
$1189
Canvas Print
$77.07
$77.07
SKU: KLG-2670
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 110 x 110 cm
Private Collection
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 110 x 110 cm
Private Collection
Birch Woods 1903
Oil Painting
$2382
$2382
Canvas Print
$77.07
$77.07
SKU: KLG-2671
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 110 x 110 cm
Private Collection
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 110 x 110 cm
Private Collection
Beech Forest I (Buchenwald) c.1905
Oil Painting
$1814
$1814
Canvas Print
$77.07
$77.07
SKU: KLG-2672
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 100 x 100 cm
Galerie Neue Meister, Dresden, Germany
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 100 x 100 cm
Galerie Neue Meister, Dresden, Germany
After the Rain 1898
Oil Painting
$996
$996
Canvas Print
$50.85
$50.85
SKU: KLG-2673
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 80 x 40 cm
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 80 x 40 cm
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Island in the Attersee c.1901/02
Oil Painting
$1310
$1310
Canvas Print
$77.07
$77.07
SKU: KLG-2674
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 100.5 x 100.5 cm
Private Collection
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 100.5 x 100.5 cm
Private Collection
Farmhouse with Birch Trees 1900
Oil Painting
$1189
$1189
Canvas Print
$77.07
$77.07
SKU: KLG-2675
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 80 x 81 cm
Private Collection
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 80 x 81 cm
Private Collection