Gustav Klimt, the Austrian Symbolist painter and one of the most prominent artists of the Vienna Secession movement, is being feted this year throughout the art world on a global scale in honor of his 150th birthday anniversary
Gustav Klimt, the Austrian Symbolist painter and one of the most prominent artists of the Vienna Secession movement, is being feted this year throughout the art world on a global scale in honor of his 150th birthday anniversary celebration. Klimt, born July 14, 1862 (-February 6, 1918), is best known for his use of gold leaf and the sheer opalescence – and eroticism – of some of his works.
From May 24 to August 27th, the Neue Gallerie in New York City joins other museums around the world to celebrate his extraordinary talent and legacy. In his birthplace of Vienna, Austria, museums including the Albertina, the Belevedre (which houses the most complete works of Klimt anywhere), the Leopold, the Wien, and the Kunsthistorisches are all focusing on and honoring varied aspects of Klimt’s work.
Klimt’s major works were vast: painting, murals, sketches, as well as other art objects were all part of Klimt’s vision. While nature played a part of his subjects (Tree of Life, and Apple Tree) with an emphasis on the deeper meaning behind these works, his primary – and favorite subject – was the female body.
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