Art history: artists, movements and museums

View of Lake Attersee from Schörfling
Klimt Center Attersee: museum, landscapes and itinerary
A 2026 guide to the Klimt Center in Schörfling: the Klimt and Teschner exhibition, opening hours, prices, 26 stations, Villa Paulick and routes around the Attersee. Read more...
Attersee by Gustav Klimt, square landscape almost entirely occupied by water
Why are Klimt landscapes square? Framing, photography and surface
Why are Klimt’s landscapes square? The viewfinder, photography, telescope and 1:1 format explain this framing adopted from 1899. Read more...
Gustav Klimt, Unterach Church on the Attersee, 1915-1916
Unterach Church: village, bell tower and mountain
An analysis of Gustav Klimt’s Church in Unterach (1915–1916): square framing, the cropped bell tower, viewpoint, alla prima technique and provenance. Read more...
Kammer Castle on the Attersee III painted by Gustav Klimt
Kammer Castle: five paintings for the same motif
From 1908 to 1912, Gustav Klimt depicted Kammer Castle in five paintings. Compare their dates, framing, reflections and locations. Read more...
Rose bushes under the trees painted by Gustav Klimt
Rose bushes under the trees: filtered light and plant mosaic
An analysis of Gustav Klimt’s Roses under the Trees: square composition, filtered light, the Attersee and provenance up to the restitution of 23 March 2022. Read more...
Gustav Klimt, Sunflower, 1907–1908: the complete work at the Belvedere
The Sunflower of Klimt: a flower erected like a portrait
An analysis of Gustav Klimt’s The Sunflower: composition, gold leaf, its connection with Emilie Flöge, Attersee gardens and provenance at the Belvedere. Read more...
Country garden with sunflowers painted by Gustav Klimt
Country garden with sunflowers: floral abundance and square composition
An analysis of Gustav Klimt’s Farm Garden with Sunflowers: square composition, flowers, colours, the Litzlberg context and the Belvedere collection. Read more...
Fir Forest I by Gustav Klimt, 1901, Kunsthaus Zug
Fir forests: dark verticals and variations of green
An analysis of Gustav Klimt’s Fir Forest I and II: verticals, variations in green, the square format and the forest cycle painted at the Attersee. Read more...
Beech forest I painted by Gustav Klimt in 1902
Beech forest I: depth, repetition and light
Klimt’s Beech Forest I: an analysis of depth, the rhythm of the trunks, light on the ground and the work held in Dresden. Read more...
On Lake Attersee painted by Gustav Klimt in 1900
Klimt at the Attersee: summers, photography and the invention of the square landscape
Klimt’s summers at the Attersee: places he stayed, photography, the viewfinder, square landscapes and sites to visit around the lake. Read more...
Island in the Attersee by Gustav Klimt, circa 1901-1902, full view
Island in the Attersee: high horizon and almost abstract water
Klimt’s Island in the Attersee: an analysis of the square format, almost abstract water, provenance and its current loan in Tokyo. Read more...
Emilie Flöge wearing a reform dress at Lake Attersee in 1909
Emilie Flöge and Gustav Klimt: fashion, salon and relationship
A designer and director of the Schwestern Flöge salon, Emilie Flöge was Klimt’s close companion. Reform dress, Attersee, her portrait and The Kiss. Read more...