Klimt was an Austrian painter born in 1887-1986 who is considered the embodiment of Art Nouveau, was founder of the ‘Vienna Secession’ school of painting.
Klimt’s work was not really accepted in his time, his art was very contradictory to what was being portrayed at that time. The art that Klimt brought to the table was erotic was sexual and he liked to mix the extreme opposites, example ecstasy and terror, life and death, austerity and pleasure.
One of Klimt’s important painting would be The Kiss part of the ‘golden phase’, the man’s robe subjects the sexual aspect of this painting , The Kiss had won over the public, after considerable criticism over his work
The three ages of women is an example of life and death opposites, in one painting.
Although it’s flat there is a feeling of movement in the painting the beauty of the women on the right show softness while the older woman on the left shows darkness and to add to that point her face is covered almost like he was trying to fade her off from the painting and away from the other women
Klimt's style was inspired by classical Greek, Byzantine, Egyptian, and Minoan art; late-medieval painting and photography
Klimt influenced a lot of artists before the pundits even knew who Klimt even was
We see a lot of work that has clearly been inspired from his work even modern replicas of his work
Gustav Klimt - The complete works. 2013. Gustav Klimt - The complete works. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.klimtgallery.org/. [Accessed 06 April 2013].
The Kiss :. 2013. . [ONLINE] Available at:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Gustav_Klimt_016.jpg. [Accessed 06 April 2013].
The 3 ages of women:. 2013. . [ONLINE] Available at:https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF1-_VxPGCPeVI12bRsJ6AAN02VAtv1B3BkZX5UPCREM1sHGVF2yOxL9e8FUlHiNhZnr0zhPPWWWWiZYDkgoptCoorDgPtL03rqoXVHitSgsKNT9OAUvoqPFpPJTvjNhmWvDDYFGzihCY/s1600/3+ages+of+woman.jpg. [Accessed 06 April 2013].
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