Gustav Klimt Painting Reproductions 6 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
Lady at the Fireplace c.1897/98
Oil Painting
$712
$712
Canvas Print
$49.67
$49.67
SKU: KLG-10121
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 41 x 66 cm
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 41 x 66 cm
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Portrait of the Pianist and Piano Teacher Joseph ... 1890
Oil Painting
$1182
$1182
Canvas Print
$94.43
$94.43
SKU: KLG-10122
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 69 x 55 cm
Tyrolean State Museum, Innsbruck, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 69 x 55 cm
Tyrolean State Museum, Innsbruck, Austria
Hofburg actor Josef Lewinsky as Carlos 1895
Oil Painting
$1313
$1313
Canvas Print
$70.07
$70.07
SKU: KLG-10123
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 64 x 44 cm
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 64 x 44 cm
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Cows in Stable 1900
Oil Painting
$1328
$1328
Canvas Print
$64.72
$64.72
SKU: KLG-10124
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Portrait of Rose von Rosthorn-Friedmann c.1900/01
Oil Painting
$1364
$1364
Canvas Print
$49.67
$49.67
SKU: KLG-10125
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 140 x 80 cm
Private Collection
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 140 x 80 cm
Private Collection
Two Girls With An Oleander 1892
Oil Painting
$1826
$1826
Canvas Print
$49.67
$49.67
SKU: KLG-10126
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 55 x 128 cm
Private Collection
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 55 x 128 cm
Private Collection
Portrait of Marie Breunig c.1893/94
Oil Painting
$1789
$1789
Canvas Print
$49.67
$49.67
SKU: KLG-10127
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 168 x 84 cm
Private Collection
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 168 x 84 cm
Private Collection
Ria Munk on Her Deathbed 1912
Oil Painting
$780
$780
Canvas Print
$62.83
$62.83
SKU: KLG-10128
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 50 x 50.5 cm
Private Collection
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 50 x 50.5 cm
Private Collection
Portrait of Helene Klimt 1898
Oil Painting
$692
$692
Canvas Print
$49.67
$49.67
SKU: KLG-10129
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 60 x 40 cm
Private Collection
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 60 x 40 cm
Private Collection
Pale Face 1903
Oil Painting
$665
$665
Canvas Print
$49.67
$49.67
SKU: KLG-10130
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 80 x 40 cm
Neue Galerie, New York, USA
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 80 x 40 cm
Neue Galerie, New York, USA
Allegory of Sculpture 1896
Paper Art Print
$47.30
$47.30
SKU: KLG-10131
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 42 x 31 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 42 x 31 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
Portrait of Gertrud Loew 1902
Oil Painting
$1775
$1775
Canvas Print
$49.67
$49.67
SKU: KLG-10132
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 149.5 x 45 cm
Private Collection
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 149.5 x 45 cm
Private Collection
Portrait of a Lady in Red and Black c.1907/08
Oil Painting
$819
$819
SKU: KLG-10133
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 96 x 47 cm
Private Collection
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 96 x 47 cm
Private Collection
Hope c.1903/04
Paper Art Print
$47.30
$47.30
SKU: KLG-10134
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 44.5 x 30.5 cm
Private Collection
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 44.5 x 30.5 cm
Private Collection
Portrait of a Young Woman n.d.
Paper Art Print
$47.30
$47.30
SKU: KLG-10135
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: unknown
National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: unknown
National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Reclining Female Nude c.1914
Paper Art Print
$47.30
$47.30
SKU: KLG-10136
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 37 x 57 cm
Private Collection
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 37 x 57 cm
Private Collection
Standing Nude Girl Looking Up n.d.
Paper Art Print
$47.30
$47.30
SKU: KLG-10137
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 44.5 x 31.8 cm
Private Collection
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 44.5 x 31.8 cm
Private Collection
Seated Girl in Shadow n.d.
Paper Art Print
$47.30
$47.30
SKU: KLG-10138
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 44.5 x 31.8 cm
Private Collection
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 44.5 x 31.8 cm
Private Collection
Female Bust in Profile c.1916
Paper Art Print
$50.69
$50.69
SKU: KLG-10139
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 57.2 x 37.4 cm
Private Collection
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 57.2 x 37.4 cm
Private Collection
Reclining Semi-Nude 1913
Paper Art Print
$49.41
$49.41
SKU: KLG-10140
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 37.1 x 56.2 cm
Private Collection
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 37.1 x 56.2 cm
Private Collection
Nude with Long Hair and Forward Leaning Torso c.1907
Paper Art Print
$47.30
$47.30
SKU: KLG-10141
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 56.2 x 37.3 cm
Private Collection
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 56.2 x 37.3 cm
Private Collection
Reclining Semi-Nude with Spread Legs c.1917/18
Paper Art Print
$47.30
$47.30
SKU: KLG-10142
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 56.5 x 37.2 cm
Private Collection
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 56.5 x 37.2 cm
Private Collection
Bust of a Lady c.1917
Paper Art Print
$47.30
$47.30
SKU: KLG-10143
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 50 x 32.2 cm
Private Collection
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 50 x 32.2 cm
Private Collection
Standing Female Nude c.1907
Paper Art Print
$47.30
$47.30
SKU: KLG-10144
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 56 x 37 cm
Private Collection
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 56 x 37 cm
Private Collection