Look at Klimt's figures and gold
Tables of Gustav Klimtworks, symbols & portraits
The Kiss, Judith, Danaé, friezes and large portraits: a page to understand its symbols, its models and its golden period.
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Start with Klimt
Biography, golden period, one hundred major works, The Kiss and The Tree of Life to enter his universe.
Gustav Klimt : biography, works, style and golden period
Illustrated biography of Gustav Klimt : his life, his studio, his photographs, ten masterpieces, his style, the Viennese Secession...
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The 100 famous paintings of Gustav Klimt
One hundred paintings by Gustav Klimt explained work by work, with deleted duplicates, dates, collections, stories, images and links...
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Klimt's Kiss: history, analysis and symbols
Discover The Kiss of Gustav Klimt : history, gold leaf, dimensions, symbols, Viennese Secession and tips for choosing one...
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Klimt's Tree of Life: History, Symbols and Stoclet Frise
Designed for the Stoclet frieze in Brussels, Klimt's Tree of Life unites spirals, mosaic and golden figures. Discover its history and...
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Golden period of Gustav Klimt : origin, works and end of a style
Understanding the golden period of Gustav Klimt : birth of style, Ravenna influence, gold technique, masterpieces and...
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Masterpieces, friezes and allegories
Myths, symbolist figures, monumental compositions and unfinished paintings explained work by work.
La Famille by Klimt: embrace, mourning and composition
La Famille of Gustav Klimt shows a mother and two children sleeping in a dark mass. Analysis of embrace, suggested grief,...
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Klimt's Baby: colorful cover and last cycle of life
Baby Analysis of Gustav Klimt, also called Baby (Cradle): colorful blanket, triangle composition, birth, life cycle...
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Tragedy: mask, gold and allegory in an 1897 panel
Tragedy Analysis of Gustav Klimt : tragic mask, golden pigment, allegory, 1897 drawing kept at the Wien Museum and context of...
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Klimt's Love: Couple, Flowers and Symbolism Before the Golden Age
Rich analysis of The Love of Gustav Klimt : 13 unique images, entire work, couple, flowers, faces of life ages, studies of...
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The Golden Knight: the vertical panel of the Stoclet frieze
In the dining room of Stoclet Palace, an almost abstract guardian connects Waiting to Accomplishment. Analysis of the Knight of...
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Music I and II: how Klimt represents sound
Analysis of Music I and Music II by Gustav Klimt : lyre, sphinx, mask, allegory of sound, work destroyed in 1945 and links...
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Accomplishment or Embrace: the couple of the Stoclet frieze
Rich analysis of The Accomplishment of Gustav Klimt : 13 unique images, embracing couple, Waiting, Tree of life, MAK cards,...
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The Waiting: Egyptian figure of the Stoclet frieze
Analysis of the Expectation of Gustav Klimt : Egyptian figure of the Stoclet Frisia, profile, triangular dress, Tree of life, Palace...
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Philosophy: birth, cosmic night and destroyed work
The Philosophy of Gustav Klimt was to celebrate academic knowledge. It becomes a cosmic night populated by bodies, provokes the...
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Jurisprudence: condemnation, octopus and hostile powers
Analysis of the Jurisprudence of Gustav Klimt : painting faculties, condemned naked, octopus, Erinyes, Justice, Law, Truth, scandal...
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Medicine and Hygiene: body, snake and controversy
Rich analysis of Medicine Gustav Klimt : 13 unique images, Hygie in color, painting whole, snake, stream of life,...
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Faculté Paintings: the scandal between Klimt and the University of Vienna
Discover this article dedicated to Gustav Klimt, to his work, to Vienna and to his legacy.
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The Beethoven Frieze: history, panels and meaning of the total work
Guide to the Beethoven Frieze Gustav Klimt 1902 Exhibition History, Panels, Symbols, Total Work, Vienna Secession...
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Nuda Veritas: the naked truth in front of the Viennese public
Rich analysis of Nuda Veritas by Gustav Klimt : 13 unique images, entire work, drawing from 1898, variations around Pallas Athena,...
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The Bride: the big one painting unfinished Klimt
The Bride, left unfinished upon the death of Gustav Klimt in 1918, revealed like no other work the transition from drawing to pattern....
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Adam and Eve: last biblical scene left unfinished
Analysis of Adam and Eve by Gustav Klimt : last unfinished Bible scene, Eve in center, passive Adam, flowers, desire, Belvedere and...
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The Virgin of Klimt: six women in a circular composition
Analysis of The Virgin of Gustav Klimt : six women, circular composition, dream, sleep, color, symbolism, National Gallery...
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Goldfish: provocation, color and change of title
Analysis of Goldfish Gustav Klimt : provocation, initial title To my critics, color, Faculty painting scandal,...
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Water Snakes I: drawing, sensuality and the aquatic world
Analysis of Water Snakes I of Gustav Klimt : drawing on parchment, sensuality, gold, aquatic world, details and difference with...
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Hope II: Motherhood, Prayer and Byzantine Motives
Rich analysis of Hope II by Gustav Klimt : motherhood, prayer, skull, gold, platinum, Byzantine motifs, Ravenna influence,...
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Hope I: pregnancy, death and frontal gaze
Rich analysis of Hope I by Gustav Klimt : pregnant woman, dead, frontal gaze, Viennese scandal, symbolism, comparison with...
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Life and Death: two states of the same painting
Complete analysis of The Life and Death of Gustav Klimt : 15 unique images, first state and final version, accurate comparison,...
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The Three Ages of Women: childhood, motherhood and old age
Enriched analysis of the Three Ages of Women Gustav Klimt : childhood, maternity, old age, life cycle, Rome, visiting news...
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The Lady with the Fan: Last Completed Work and Imaginary Garden
Analysis of The Lady with the Fan of Gustav Klimt : last portrait completed, floral background, Asian motifs, workshop, Sotheby's sale...
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Klimt's Danae: Myth, Golden Rain and Spiral Composition
Analysis of Danae de Gustav Klimt : greek myth, golden rain, spiral composition, eroticism, colors and...
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Judith I of Klimt: history, symbols and analysis
Painted in 1901, Judith I by Klimt combines biblical heroine, disturbing gaze and true gold leaf. Discover its history and its...
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Portraits, models and Viennese society
Adèle Bloch-Bauer, patrons, fabrics, sponsors and the provenance of great portraits.
New New York Gallery: Adèle Bloch-Bauer and Klimt in the United States
Complete guide to the Neue Galerie New York: Adèle Bloch-Bauer I, works by Gustav Klimt, vienna Collection 1900, reopening 2026 and...
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Dresses in Klimt's portraits: reformed fashion, fabrics and Wiener Werkstätte
How Klimt transforms the dress into a pictorial surface: Emilie Flöge, reformed fashion, Schwestern Flöge salon, fabrics and Wiener...
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Portrait of a Lady: Theft, Rediscovery and Hidden Double Portrait
History and analysis of the Portrait of a Lady of Gustav Klimt : hidden portrait, flight from 1997, rediscovered in 2019 and return to the museum of...
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Serena Lederer: portrait of a great collector of Klimt
Serena Lederer was Klimt's great collector: discover her portrait from 1899, her commissions, the assembled masterpieces and the...
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Amalie Zuckerkandl: a portrait interrupted by Klimt's death
Richly illustrated analysis of the unfinished portrait of Amalie Zuckerkandl by Gustav Klimt : order circa 1913-1914, war and labor...
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The Dancer: portrait, costume and painting unfinished
The Dancer of Gustav Klimt mixes portrait, nudity, floral costume and unstable interior. Analysis of a late work partially...
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Why Gustav Klimt did he almost never paint a self-portrait? Photographs and images by the artist
Why Gustav Klimt did he almost never paint a self-portrait? Analysis of his refusal, his photographs, his image...
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The Jewish sponsors of Klimt: portraits, spoliations and memory
Bloch-Bauer, Lederer, Gallia, Loew, Munk, Beer and Zuckerkandl: 11 images, eight portraits, painting comparison, spoliations,...
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Patrons of Gustav Klimt : Bloch-Bauer, Lederer, Primavesi and Zuckerkandl
A rich guide to patrons of Gustav Klimt : Bloch-Bauer, Lederer, Primavesi and Zuckerkandl, major portraits, Vienna 1900,...
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Portraits of Gustav Klimt : Viennese models, patterns, provenance and society
Rich guide to portraits of Gustav Klimt : 22 illustrated portraits, 5 historical photographs, models, motifs, Viennese society,...
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