Gustav Klimt
Art historians note an eclectic range of influences contributing to Klimt's distinct style, including Egyptian, Minoan, Classical Greek, and Byzantine inspirations. Gustav Klimt was also inspired by the engravings of Albrecht Durer, late medieval European painting, and Japanese Rimpa school.
Gustav Klimt Paintings
Gustav Klimt Paintings. The Kiss. The Tree of Life. Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer 1. Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer 2. Adam and Eve. Allegory of Tragedy. Apple Tree I. Apple Tree II. Avenue of Schloss Kammer Park. Baby. Beethoven Frieze. Birch Forest. Church at Unterach on Lake Atter ...
The Tree of Life, Stoclet Frieze, 1905 by Gustav Klimt
The concept of the tree of life is illustrated by Gustav Klimt's painting, in a bold and original manner. The swirling branches create mythical symbolism, suggesting the perpetuity of life. The branches twist, twirl, turn, spiral and undulate, creating a tangle of strong branches, long vines and fragile threads, an expression of life's complexity.
10 Facts You Don't Know about "The Kiss" by Gustav Klimt
The Kiss, 1907 by Gustav Klimt. The Kiss is Klimt's most popular work and visitors flock annually to see it in Vienna's Austrian Gallery. At a remarkable 72in x 72in (180cm x 180cm), its powerful presence resounds from the wall as the life-size figures, wrapped in gold, embrace.
Judith and the Head of Holofernes, 1901 by Gustav Klimt
Judith and the Head of Holofernes, 1901 by Gustav Klimt. Judith was the biblical heroine who seduced and then decapitated General Holofernes in order to save her home city of Bethulia from destruction by the enemy, the Assyrian army.
Lady with Fan, 1918 by Gustav Klimt
A study of Gustav Klimt's favorite subject, the female form, "Lady with Fan" reflects both the influence of the Japonism trend in modern art and Klimt's distinctive style. As one of the Viennese artist's later works, the painting's date of completion was 1918, the year Klimt died.
Gustav Klimt Quotes
- Gustav Klimt I'm a painter who paints day in day out, from morning till evening - figure pictures and landscapes, more rarely portraits. After tea it's back to painting - a large poplar at dusk with a gathering storm.”
Bauerngarten, 1907 by Gustav Klimt
In Klimt's Bauerngarten, the close-up of a flower garden with its tight perspective and emphasis on the painted surface is an outpouring of Klimt's love of patterning and design.
Death And Life, 1908 by Gustav Klimt
Only pure colors are used in this painting, and Gustav Klimt sculpted the figures in his canvase in soft rounded contours. Among the master pieces of Gustav Klimt, Death and Life won the first price at the world exhibition in Rome in 1911.
Field of Poppies, 1907 by Gustav Klimt
Instead of finding ourselves confined within a close-up section of a landscape, we are treated to a lofty view, looking down on this luscious, fecund scene with its poppy explosion and fruit-laden trees. This, for Klimt, is his Garden of Eden, a world where he meets the divine through art.