Gustav Klimt

Also known as Gustave Klimt, Klimt, G. Klimt, Gust. Klimt

Austrian symbolist painter (1862–1918)

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Gustav Klimt was an Austrian painter who lived from 1862 to 1918 and became known for his work in the symbolist artistic movement. His distinctive style and approach to painting made him an important figure in late 19th and early 20th century art history.

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Instance of: human
Given name: Gustav
Gender: male
Citizenship: Austria
Place of birth: Vienna
Place of death: Vienna
Educated at: University of Applied Arts Vienna
Languages spoken: German
Native language: German
Religion: Catholicism
Notable work: Beethoven Frieze
Participant in: Documenta III
Field of work: erotic art
Movement: Art Nouveau
Image: Klimt.jpg
Number of children: 4
Work location: London

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Commons category: Gustav Klimt
date of birth: 1862-07-14
date of death: 1918-02-06
topic's main category: Category:Gustav Klimt
member of: Vienna Secession
Commons Creator page: Gustav Klimt
influenced by: George Minne
Commons gallery: Gustav Klimt
cause of death: stroke
manner of death: natural causes
name in native language: Gustav Klimt
place of burial: Hietzing Cemetery
student: Egon Schiele
has works in the collection: Kunstmuseum Bern
ethnic group: Austrians
date of baptism: 1862-07-16
birth name: Gustav Klimt
start of work period: 1877-01-01
end of work period: 1918-01-01

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Gustav Klimt, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Gustav Klimt (14 July 1862 – 6 February 1918) was an Austrian symbolist painter and a founding member of the Vienna Secession movement. His work helped define the Art Nouveau style in Europe. Klimt is known for his paintings, murals, sketches, and other objets d'art. Klimt's primary subject was the female body, and his works are marked by a frank eroticism. Amongst his figurative works, which include allegories and portraits, he painted landscapes. He is best known for The Kiss and Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I. Among the artists of the Vienna Secession, Klimt was the most influenced by Japanese art and its methods.

Early in his career, he was a successful painter of architectural decorations in a conventional manner. As he began to develop a more personal style, his work was the subject of controversy that culminated when the paintings he completed around 1900 for the ceiling of the Great Hall of the University of Vienna were criticised as pornographic. He subsequently accepted no more public commissions, but achieved a new success with the paintings of his "golden phase", many of which include gold leaf. Klimt's work was an important influence on his younger peer Egon Schiele.

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