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Definition: Klimt, Gustav from Philip's Encyclopedia

Austrian painter and designer, a founder of the Vienna Sezession and the foremost art nouveau painter in Vienna. Klimt's works combinse stylized nudes with bejewelled clothing or backgrounds reminiscent of Byzantine mosaics. His style considerably influenced the painters Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka. His works include The Kiss (1908).

Klimt, Gustav

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Austrian painter. He was influenced by Jugendstil (art nouveau) and was a founding member of the Vienna Sezession group in 1897. His paintings, often sensual and erotic, have a jewelled effect similar to mosaics, for example The Kiss (1909; Musée des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg). His many portraits include Judith I (1901; Österreichische Galerie, Vienna). Klimt's paintings and other decorative works (for example, the mosaics for the Palais Stoclet, Brussels) are characterized by academic forms that are obscured by massed repetitive decorative elements. His use of decorative fragments and gold backgrounds is derived from Byzantine mosaics, but his depiction of women – as seductive and dangerous – is typical of fin-de-siècle decadence . Examples are the Jurisprudence panel (1903–07; destroyed 1945) and his ideal woman as Pallas Athene . Portrait of a Lady was stolen from a gallery in Piacenza, Italy in February 1997. The theft occurred at a time of upheaval at the gallery when many of its…
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From Chambers Biographical Dictionary
1862-1918 Austrian painter and designer Born in Vienna, from 1883 to 1892 he worked in collaboration with his brother and another artist as a painter of grandiose decorative schemes. Under the influence of contemporary movements such as Impressionism, Symbolism and Art Nouveau, he became a founder…
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Full text Article Klimt, Gustav (1862–1918)

From The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Graphic Design and Designers
Austrian jugendstil painter and designer. Leader of the group of artists and designers who founded the vienna secession . He produced many designs and posters for the group's journal, ver sacrum . His poster for the first Vienna Secession exhibition in 1898 created a storm of controversy, with an…
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Nude; Halbakt, 1913 (nude; halbakt gustav klimt (1862-1918) blue crayon on cream pa)
Artist: Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) Location: Private Collection Credit: Nude; Halbakt, 1913 (nude; halbakt gustav klimt (1862-1918) blue crayon on cream pa), Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) / Private Collection / Photo © Christie's Images / The Bridgeman Art Library Dimensions: 55.9x37.2 Date: 1913 Medium: …
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Mit Leichter Wendung Nach Links, 1907 (red and blue crayon and pencil on paper)
Artist: Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) Location: Private Collection Credit: Mit Leichter Wendung Nach Links, 1907 (red and blue crayon and pencil on paper), Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) / Private Collection / Photo © Christie's Images / The Bridgeman Art Library Dimensions: 54x35.5 Date: 1907 Medium: red…
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Adele Bloch-Bauer, Sitting Slightly to the Left with Superimposed Hands; Adele Bloch-Bauer, Sitzend Etwas nach links mit Ubereinandergelegten Handen, 1907 (pencil on buff paper)
Artist: Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) Location: Private Collection Credit: Adele Bloch-Bauer, Sitting Slightly to the Left with Superimposed Hands; Adele Bloch-Bauer, Sitzend Etwas nach links mit Ubereinandergelegten Handen, 1907 (pencil on buff paper), Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) / Private Collection / …
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Miss Ria Munk on her Deathbed; Fraulein Ria Munk auf dem Totenbett, c.1910 (oil on canvas)
Artist: Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) Location: Private Collection Credit: Miss Ria Munk on her Deathbed; Fraulein Ria Munk auf dem Totenbett, c.1910 (oil on canvas), Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) / Private Collection / Photo © Christie's Images / The Bridgeman Art Library Dimensions: 50x50.5 Date: c.1910…
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Nude Man; Nackter Man Nach Links, (pencil on paper)
Artist: Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) Location: Private Collection Credit: Nude Man; Nackter Man Nach Links, (pencil on paper), Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) / Private Collection / Photo © Christie's Images / The Bridgeman Art Library Dimensions: 44.5x32 Medium: pencil on paper Description: Nude Man; …
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Portrait of a Bearded Man; Brustbild eines Bartigan Mammes von vorne, c.1894 (black chalk, pen and black ink on paper)
Artist: Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) Location: Private Collection Credit: Portrait of a Bearded Man; Brustbild eines Bartigan Mammes von vorne, c.1894 (black chalk, pen and black ink on paper), Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) / Private Collection / Photo © Christie's Images / The Bridgeman Art Library…
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Portrait of a lady, frontal view, 1898-1899, by Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), oil on cardboard.
Credit: Portrait of a lady, frontal view, 1898-1899, by Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), oil on cardboard. / De Agostini Picture Library / E. Lessing / The Bridgeman Art Library Description: Portrait of a lady, frontal view, 1898-1899, by Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), oil on cardboard. Artwork-location: …
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Judith II, 1909, by Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), 178x41 cm, Detail
Credit: Judith II, 1909, by Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), 178x41 cm, Detail / De Agostini Picture Library / A. Dagli Orti / The Bridgeman Art Library Description: Judith II, 1909, by Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), 178x41 cm. Detail. Artwork-location: Venice, Galleria Internazionale D'Arte Moderna Di Ca' …
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