Gustav Klimt Painting Reproductions 7 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
Reclining Female Nude c.1914/15
Paper Art Print
$48.58
$48.58
SKU: KLG-10145
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 37.2 x 56.8 cm
Private Collection
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 37.2 x 56.8 cm
Private Collection
The Tree of Life - Stoclet Frieze c.1905/06
Oil Painting
$2665
$2665
Paper Art Print
$71.36
$71.36
SKU: KLG-10564
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: unknown
MAK Museum, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: unknown
MAK Museum, Vienna, Austria
Desire of Happiness (The Beethoven Frieze) 1902
Canvas Print
$50.89
$50.89
SKU: KLG-11906
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: unknown
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: unknown
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Right-Hand Edge (Stoclet Frieze) c.1905/06
Oil Painting
$1014
$1014
Paper Art Print
$48.58
$48.58
SKU: KLG-12206
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 194 x 120 cm
MAK Museum, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 194 x 120 cm
MAK Museum, Vienna, Austria
Left-Hand Portion (Stoclet Frieze) c.1905/06
Oil Painting
$1019
$1019
Paper Art Print
$63.24
$63.24
SKU: KLG-12207
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 197 x 105 cm
MAK Museum, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 197 x 105 cm
MAK Museum, Vienna, Austria
Left-Hand Edge (Stoclet Frieze) c.1905/06
Oil Painting
$1014
$1014
Paper Art Print
$58.93
$58.93
SKU: KLG-12208
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 197 x 115 cm
MAK Museum, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 197 x 115 cm
MAK Museum, Vienna, Austria
The Knight (Stoclet Frieze) c.1905/06
Oil Painting
$980
$980
Paper Art Print
$54.95
$54.95
SKU: KLG-12209
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: unknown
MAK Museum, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: unknown
MAK Museum, Vienna, Austria
Right-Hand Portion (Stoclet Frieze) c.1905/06
Oil Painting
$998
$998
Paper Art Print
$62.37
$62.37
SKU: KLG-12210
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 198 x 103 cm
MAK Museum, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 198 x 103 cm
MAK Museum, Vienna, Austria
The Knight in Shining Armor (The Beethoven Frieze) 1902
Oil Painting
$1326
$1326
Canvas Print
$61.15
$61.15
SKU: KLG-12211
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: unknown
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: unknown
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Detail from The Hostile Powers (The Beethoven Frieze) 1902
Oil Painting
$1408
$1408
Canvas Print
$112.25
$112.25
SKU: KLG-12212
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: unknown
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: unknown
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Poster for the first art exhibition of the ... 1898
Paper Art Print
$53.14
$53.14
SKU: KLG-12213
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 97 x 70 cm
Wien Museum Karlsplatz, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 97 x 70 cm
Wien Museum Karlsplatz, Vienna, Austria
Poetry (The Beethoven Frieze) 1902
Canvas Print
$65.22
$65.22
SKU: KLG-12214
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: unknown
Public Collection
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: unknown
Public Collection
Portrait of a Young Woman c.1916/17
Oil Painting
$720
$720
Canvas Print
$62.41
$62.41
SKU: KLG-12215
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 60 x 49 cm
Galleria d'arte moderna, Piacenza, Italy
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 60 x 49 cm
Galleria d'arte moderna, Piacenza, Italy
Lady with a Muff c.1916/17
Oil Painting
$786
$786
SKU: KLG-17198
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 50 x 50 cm
National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 50 x 50 cm
National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
The Black Bull 1900
Oil Painting
$1083
$1083
Canvas Print
$77.14
$77.14
SKU: KLG-19088
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 90 x 89.5 cm
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 90 x 89.5 cm
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria
Seated Young Girl 1894
Oil Painting
$1684
$1684
Canvas Print
$51.89
$51.89
SKU: KLG-19089
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 140 x 96 cm
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 140 x 96 cm
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria
Woman in an Armchair c.1897/98
Oil Painting
$754
$754
Canvas Print
$68.96
$68.96
SKU: KLG-19604
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 52 x 52 cm
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 52 x 52 cm
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Mother with Two Children (Family) c.1909/10
Oil Painting
$830
$830
Canvas Print
$77.14
$77.14
SKU: KLG-19605
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 90 x 90 cm
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Klimt
Original Size: 90 x 90 cm
Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria