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Gustav Klimt
Austrian Art Nouveau Painter, 1862-1918
Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862 ?C 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 was the female body, and his works are marked by a frank eroticism--nowhere is this more apparent than in his numerous drawings in pencil.
Klimt's work is distinguished by the elegant gold or coloured decoration, often of a phallic shape that conceals the more erotic positions of the drawings upon which many of his paintings are based. This can be seen in Judith I (1901), and in The Kiss (1907?C1908), and especially in Danaë (1907). One of the most common themes Klimt utilized was that of the dominant woman, the femme fatale. 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 D??rer, late medieval European painting, and Japanese Rimpa school. His mature works are characterized by a rejection of earlier naturalistic styles, and make use of symbols or symbolic elements to convey psychological ideas and emphasize the "freedom" of art from traditional culture.
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Otto Wagner (mk20)
Danube Canal Regulation New Aspern and Ferdinand Bridge,1897
Pencil,Indian ink,Watercolour,98 x 72 cm
Historical Museum,Vienna
Painting ID:: 22414
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Otto_Wagner_(mk20)
Danube Canal Regulation New Aspern and Ferdinand Bridge,1897
Pencil,Indian ink,Watercolour,98 x 72 cm
Historical Museum,Vienna
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Italian Renaissance (mk20)
1890/91
(detail on the right;child with Dante bust)
Intercolumniation painting at the Kunsthistorisches Museum,Vienna Oil on plaster,ca.230 x 40 cm
Painting ID:: 22415
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Italian_Renaissance_(mk20)
1890/91
(detail on the right;child with Dante bust)
Intercolumniation painting at the Kunsthistorisches Museum,Vienna Oil on plaster,ca.230 x 40 cm
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Egyptian Art I and II (mk20)
Greek Antiquity I and II 1890/91
Spandrel and intercolumniation paintings at the Kunsthistorisches Museum,Vienna Oil on plaster Each spandrel painting ca 230 x 230 cm
each intercolumniation painting,ca 230 x 80 cm
Painting ID:: 22416
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Egyptian_Art_I_and_II_(mk20)
Greek Antiquity I and II 1890/91
Spandrel and intercolumniation paintings at the Kunsthistorisches Museum,Vienna Oil on plaster Each spandrel painting ca 230 x 230 cm
each intercolumniation painting,ca 230 x 80 cm
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Auditorium of the old Burgtheater (mk20)
1888
gouache on paper,82 x 92 cm
Historical Museum,Vienna
Painting ID:: 22417
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Auditorium_of_the_old_Burgtheater_(mk20)
1888
gouache on paper,82 x 92 cm
Historical Museum,Vienna
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rOrganist (mk20)
1885
(Draft for the Allegories of Music at Bucharest National Theatre)
Oil on canvas,38 x 50 cm
Autrian Gallery,Vienna
Painting ID:: 22418
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rOrganist_(mk20)
1885
(Draft for the Allegories of Music at Bucharest National Theatre)
Oil on canvas,38 x 50 cm
Autrian Gallery,Vienna
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Gustav_Klimt
Austrian Art Nouveau Painter, 1862-1918
Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862 ?C 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 was the female body, and his works are marked by a frank eroticism--nowhere is this more apparent than in his numerous drawings in pencil.
Klimt's work is distinguished by the elegant gold or coloured decoration, often of a phallic shape that conceals the more erotic positions of the drawings upon which many of his paintings are based. This can be seen in Judith I (1901), and in The Kiss (1907?C1908), and especially in Danaë (1907). One of the most common themes Klimt utilized was that of the dominant woman, the femme fatale. 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 D??rer, late medieval European painting, and Japanese Rimpa school. His mature works are characterized by a rejection of earlier naturalistic styles, and make use of symbols or symbolic elements to convey psychological ideas and emphasize the "freedom" of art from traditional culture.
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