Gustav Klimt

(Austrian, 1862–1918)

seated semi nude with spread legs by gustav klimt

Gustav Klimt

Seated Semi Nude with Spread Legs, ca. 1909

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study for beethoven frieze  by gustav klimt

Gustav Klimt

Study for Beethoven Frieze , 1902

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study for portrait of adele bloch-bauer by gustav klimt

Gustav Klimt

Study for Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer, 1910

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reclining girl by gustav klimt

Gustav Klimt

Reclining Girl, ca. 1914

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Biography

Timeline

1862
Born in Baumgarten, Austria
1876
Studies at the Kunstgewerbeschule Vienna, Austria
1891
Member of the Co-operative Society of Austrian Artists
1893
Commissioned to paint Great Hall of the new University of Vienna, Austria (series of paintings provoke controversy)
1897
Co-founder & first president of The Secession Mouvement, Vienna, Austria
1900
Receives Grand Prix at Paris World Fair for "Philosophy"
1905 - 1909
Wiener Werkstätte commission; designs mosaic murals at Palais Stoclet, Brussels, Belgium
1905
Organizes new association "Kunstschau" (Art Show), Vienna, Austria
1918
Died due to an apoplexy in Vienna, Austria

Exhibitions

2007
"Gustave Klimt - Landscapes," Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam
"Gustav Klimt," Fundación Juan March, Madrid
"Schiele, Klimt, Kokoschka e gli amici viennesi." Museo dArte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto
2006
"Black, Black & White, White," Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York, NY
"Toorop in Vienna - inspiring Klimt," Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Den Haag
"Gustav Klimt," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
2005
"Gustav Klimt - Papiers Erotiques," Musée Maillol - Fondation Dina Vierny, Paris
"Klimt, Schiele, Moser, Kokoschka - Vienna 1900," Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris
"Recent Acquisitions - And Some Thoughts on the Current Art Market," Galerie St. Etienne, New York, NY
"Die Sinnliche Linie – Japanischer Holzschnitt, Klimt, Schmalix, Araki, Takano," Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg