Gustav Klimt
(Austrian, 1862–1918)
Biography
Gustav Klimt was an Austrian artist whose patterned paintings came to define the Art Nouveau movement in Vienna. A master of symbolism, Klimt often depicted the female body in a sensual way in his jewel-toned paintings, prints, and drawings as shown in Danae (1907). The artist also painted ornate square-format landscapes, such as Bauerngarten (1907), as well as mythical depictions of nature in The Tree of Life (1905) using gold leaf and alternating blocks of color. Born on July 14, 1862 in Baumgarten, Austria, Klimt studied at the Staatliche Kunstgewerbescule as an architectural painter and opened his own studio soon after. A founding member of the Vienna Secession, Klimt’s artistic practice included commissioned murals, interior décor, and easel painting. A consummate draughtsman, later in life he produced many explicitly erotic drawings—many of which were never seen or exhibited until after his death. A fixture in his city’s art scene, and a profound influence on the younger artist Egon Schiele, Klimt died of Spanish influenza at the age of 56 on February 6, 1918 in Vienna, Austria. In 2003, Klimt’s work broke previous auction records when his portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (1907) was sold at auction for $135 million. Today his paintings and drawings are held in the collections of the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere in Vienna, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Musée d’Orsay, the Tate Gallery in London, and the Neue Pinakothek in Munich, among others.
Gustav Klimt Artworks
.jpg "Dame Wittgenstein (Study for Bildnis..., 1904–1905")
Gustav Klimt
Dame Wittgenstein (Study for Bildnis..., 1904–1905
Sale Date: February 23, 2021
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Gustav Klimt
Étude pour le Portrait de Fritza Riedler, 1906
Sale Date: January 26, 2021
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Gustav Klimt
Studie für das Fakultätsbild Medizin, 1897–1898
Sale Date: November 27, 2020
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Gustav Klimt
Female face in profile, bent backwards, 1916–1917
Sale Date: December 18, 2020
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Gustav Klimt
Entwurfzeichnung für Zwei Ringende, 1901–1907
Sale Date: December 21, 2020
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Gustav Klimt
Gustav Klimt. Fünfundzwanzig Handzeichnungen, 1919
Sale Date: December 12, 2020
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.jpg "Halbakt einer nach links stehenden Frau..., 1917")
Gustav Klimt
Halbakt einer nach links stehenden Frau..., 1917
Sale Date: November 19, 2020
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Gustav Klimt
Study for the portrait of Mäda..., 1912–1913
Sale Date: December 17, 2020
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Gustav Klimt
Female nude with raised arm, study for..., 1898
Sale Date: December 17, 2020
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Gustav Klimt
Seated figure, study for the picture of..., 1904
Sale Date: December 17, 2020
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.jpg "Im Lehnstuhl sitzernd von vorne, beide..., 1903")
Gustav Klimt
Im Lehnstuhl sitzernd von vorne, beide..., 1903
Sale Date: November 17, 2020
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Gustav Klimt
STEHENDER AKT EINER SCHWANGEREN NACH LINKS MIT...
Sale Date: October 14, 2020
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Gustav Klimt
Brustbild eines nackten Mädchens nach rechts, 1916
Sale Date: September 23, 2020
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Gustav Klimt
RECLINING WOMAN, STANDING MAN AND STUDY OF..., 1900
Sale Date: October 5, 2020
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Gustav Klimt
Studie für Bildnis Adele Bloch-Bauer,..., 1903–1904
Sale Date: October 1, 2020
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.jpg "Schwangere mit Mann (im Umriss angedeutetete , 1903")
Gustav Klimt
Schwangere mit Mann (im Umriss angedeutetete , 1903
Sale Date: September 21, 2020
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.jpg "Weibliches Brustbild von vorne mit..., 1904–1905")
Gustav Klimt
Weibliches Brustbild von vorne mit..., 1904–1905
Sale Date: September 18, 2020
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