
Gustav Klimt Painting Reproductions Gallery 4 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.
161 Klimt Paintings

Kammer Castle at Attersee II c.1909
Oil Painting
$2098
$2098
Canvas Print
$75.99
$75.99
SKU: KLG-10073
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 110 x 110 cm
Private Collection
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 110 x 110 cm
Private Collection

Hygieia (detail from Medicine) c.1900/07
Oil Painting
$1026
$1026
Canvas Print
$85.79
$85.79
SKU: KLG-10074
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: unknown
Destroyed by Fire at Immendorf Palace in 1945
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: unknown
Destroyed by Fire at Immendorf Palace in 1945

Serena Pulitzer Lederer 1899
Oil Painting
$1181
$1181
Canvas Print
$56.01
$56.01
SKU: KLG-10075
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 190.8 x 85.4 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 190.8 x 85.4 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Forest Slope in Unterach on the Attersee 1917
Oil Painting
$2127
$2127
Canvas Print
$75.99
$75.99
SKU: KLG-10076
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 110 x 110 cm
Private Collection
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 110 x 110 cm
Private Collection

The Hostile Powers (The Beethoven Frieze) 1902
Canvas Print
$50.14
$50.14
SKU: KLG-10077
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: unknown
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: unknown
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria

Portrait of Baroness Elizabeth Bachofen-Echt c.1915/16
Oil Painting
$1227
$1227
Canvas Print
$54.85
$54.85
SKU: KLG-10078
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 180 x 126 cm
Private Collection
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 180 x 126 cm
Private Collection

The Bride 1918
Oil Painting
$1284
$1284
Canvas Print
$108.80
$108.80
SKU: KLG-10079
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 165 x 191 cm
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 165 x 191 cm
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria

Portrait of Johanna Staude c.1917/18
Oil Painting
$930
$930
Canvas Print
$87.92
$87.92
SKU: KLG-10080
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 70 x 50 cm
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 70 x 50 cm
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria

The Golden Knight (Life is a Struggle) 1903
Oil Painting
$1223
$1223
Canvas Print
$75.99
$75.99
SKU: KLG-10081
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 100 x 100 cm
Private Collection
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 100 x 100 cm
Private Collection

The Sunflower 1905
Oil Painting
$2021
$2021
Canvas Print
$75.99
$75.99
SKU: KLG-10082
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 110 x 110 cm
Private Collection
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 110 x 110 cm
Private Collection

Woman with Black Feather Hat 1910
Oil Painting
$1007
$1007
Canvas Print
$72.94
$72.94
SKU: KLG-10083
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 80 x 63 cm
Private Collection
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 80 x 63 cm
Private Collection

The Auditorium of the Old Castle Theatre 1888
Oil Painting
$8389
$8389
Canvas Print
$112.01
$112.01
SKU: KLG-10084
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 82 x 92 cm
Wien Museum Karlsplatz, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 82 x 92 cm
Wien Museum Karlsplatz, Vienna, Austria

Idylle 1884
Oil Painting
$2149
$2149
Canvas Print
$77.66
$77.66
SKU: KLG-10085
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 45 x 68.7 cm
Wien Museum Karlsplatz, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 45 x 68.7 cm
Wien Museum Karlsplatz, Vienna, Austria

Tragedy 1897
Paper Art Print
$47.75
$47.75
SKU: KLG-10086
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 42 x 31 cm
Wien Museum Karlsplatz, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 42 x 31 cm
Wien Museum Karlsplatz, Vienna, Austria

Junius 1896
Paper Art Print
$47.75
$47.75
SKU: KLG-10087
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 42 x 31 cm
Wien Museum Karlsplatz, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 42 x 31 cm
Wien Museum Karlsplatz, Vienna, Austria

Lady with Hat and Feather Boa 1909
Oil Painting
$853
$853
Canvas Print
$95.33
$95.33
SKU: KLG-10088
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 69 x 55 cm
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 69 x 55 cm
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria

Desire of Happiness (The Beethoven Frieze) 1902
Oil Painting
$1258
$1258
Canvas Print
$95.24
$95.24
SKU: KLG-10089
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: unknown
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: unknown
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria

Choir of Angels (The Beethoven Frieze) 1902
Oil Painting
$1456
$1456
Canvas Print
$60.11
$60.11
SKU: KLG-10090
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: unknown
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: unknown
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria

Head of a Woman 1917
Oil Painting
$765
$765
Canvas Print
$94.25
$94.25
SKU: KLG-10091
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 67 x 56 cm
Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 67 x 56 cm
Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz, Austria

Portrait of a Woman (Ria Munk) c.1917/18
Oil Painting
$1133
$1133
Canvas Print
$62.97
$62.97
SKU: KLG-10092
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 180 x 90 cm
Private Collection
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 180 x 90 cm
Private Collection

Kammer Castle at Attersee III 1910
Oil Painting
$1461
$1461
Canvas Print
$75.99
$75.99
SKU: KLG-10093
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 110 x 110 cm
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 110 x 110 cm
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria

Portrait of a Lady c.1897
Paper Art Print
$47.75
$47.75
SKU: KLG-10094
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 51.1 x 27.7 cm
Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College, Ohio, USA
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 51.1 x 27.7 cm
Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College, Ohio, USA

Garden Landscape with Hilltop 1916
Oil Painting
$1815
$1815
Canvas Print
$75.99
$75.99
SKU: KLG-10095
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 110 x 110 cm
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 110 x 110 cm
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland

Italian Garden Landscape 1913
Oil Painting
$1761
$1761
Canvas Print
$75.99
$75.99
SKU: KLG-10096
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 110 x 110 cm
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 110 x 110 cm
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland