Gustav Klimt: Celebrating an Austrian Symbolist Painter and Vienna Secession Pioneer
Gustav Klimt (14 July 1862 – 6 February 1918) is an iconic figure in art history, known for his role in the Vienna Secession movement. As an Austrian symbolist painter, Klimt’s brilliance shone through captivating paintings, murals, sketches, and objets d’art.
His muse was the female form, exuding an unapologetic eroticism that left a lasting mark on the art world. His portfolio includes figurative works, allegories, portraits, and mesmerizing landscapes.
Influenced by Japanese art, Klimt infused his work with unique cultural elements. Controversy arose around his paintings for the University of Vienna’s Great Hall, but his “golden phase” brought renewed success with gold leaf-adorned masterpieces.
Klimt’s impact extended to younger artists like Egon Schiele from the Vienna Secession movement. His paintings have commanded top prices at auctions since the 1990s.
Gustav Klimt’s legacy endures as a testament to his genius. His works continue to captivate art enthusiasts, securing his lasting influence.
23 March 2023 • Mark Westall
After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art opens at the National Gallery this week featuring 97 works – 32% of which are from private collections so are rarely seen, this and the fact that the exhibition features some of the most important works of art created between 1886 and around 1914 make this a must-see exhibition.
30 May 2022 • Mark Westall
The UK’s biggest and London’s first permanent digital immersive arts experience to open in Marble Arch this Autumn. Covering 30,000… Read More
28 January 2021 • Mark Westall
The TASCHEN sale has started with up to a 75% discount here are our Top 5 choices
28 December 2018 • Mark Westall
Here are the 5 most popular exhibitions on FAD magazine in 2018 an eclectic mix featuring JR, Jamie Reed, Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Damien Hirst, Murakami and Virgil Abloh
19 December 2018 • Mark Westall
More than a million people have visited a digital exhibition dedicated to the Austrian artist Gustav Klimt in Paris, according to the organisers Culturespaces
31 October 2018 • Mark Westall
2018 marks the centenary of the deaths of two of the most celebrated and pioneering figures of early twentieth-century art: Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) and Egon Schiele (1890-1918). Klimt / Schiele: Drawings from the Albertina Museum, Vienna, will be the first exhibition in the UK to focus on the fundamental importance of drawing for both artists
25 July 2018 • Mark Westall
2018 marks the centenary of the deaths of Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) and Egon Schiele (1890-1918). Klimt / Schiele: Drawings from the Albertina Museum, Vienna, will be the first exhibition in the UK to focus on the fundamental importance of drawing for both artists.
5 June 2018 • Mark Westall
Using augmented reality, Klimt’s iconic masterpiece “The Tree of Life” will be brought to life for the enjoyment of Pioneers attendees in celebration of Viennese modernism and on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of death of Gustav Klimt.
30 August 2017 • Mark Westall
The Museum of Modern Art is heading to the Frank Gehry-designed Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris this October. For an exceptional exhibition devoted to the unrivaled collection of the Museum of Modern Art.
26 June 2015 • Staff
Portrait of Gertrud Loew was subject of a 15-minute bidding war at the London auctioneers, as star lot by Kazimir Malevich went for £21.4m
2 November 2014 • Mark Westall
Egon Schiele (1890-1918) Erwin Dominik Osen, Nude with Crossed Arms, 1910 Black chalk, watercolour and gouache 44.7 x 31.5 cm… Read More
3 February 2013 • Mark Westall
Azzam merges instantly recognisable masterpieces into images from Syria’s war zones, working in various digital mediums to address the ongoing political and social upheaval in Syria, and the cycles of violence and destruction tearing his country apart.
5 November 2012 • Mark Westall
Top Rate German and Austrian art : Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka, Wiener Werkstätte, Georg Grosz, Otto Dix, Ludwig Meidner, Oskar Schlemmer and Max Beckmann and more.
10 September 2012 • Mark Westall
My abstract paintings come from within, I express my love of life through them.
22 August 2012 • Mark Westall
A crew of nine leading lights from the street art scene are making new works inspired by the great, sensual Austrian – and Mode 2’s response is characteristically provocative
19 August 2011 • Mark Westall
Monet, Van Gogh, and Klimt are the favourite artists among virtual art collectors. But before you turn your nose up at these obvious choices, let’s consider their mass appeal
18 November 2009 • Mark Westall
Image:Gustav Klimt (Austrian, 1862-1918),” Portrait of a Young Woman Reclining”, 1897-1898. Black chalk. 45.5 X 31.5 cm. 2009.57.1 The J…. Read More
