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About Gustav Klimt
Gustav Klimt was an Austrian symbolist painter and a founding member of the Vienna Secession movement. His work helped define the Art Nouveau style in Europe. Klimt is known for his paintings, murals, sketches, and other objets d'art. Klimt's primary subject was the female body, and his works are marked by a frank eroticism. Amongst his figurative works, which include allegories and portraits, he painted landscapes. He is best known for The Kiss and Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I. Among the artists of the Vienna Secession, Klimt was the most influenced by Japanese art and its methods.
Everything about Gustav Klimt →- Occupation
- painter, designer, graphic artist, draftsperson
- Citizenship
- Austrian Empire, Cisleithania, Austria
- Born
- July 14, 1862
- Died
- February 6, 1918