Gustav Klimt
| Use attributes for filter ! | |
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Death | 105 years ago |
| Date of died | February 6,1918 |
| Died | Vienna |
| Austria | |
| On view | Museum of Applied Arts |
| Leopold Museum | |
| National Gallery of Art | |
| Austrian Gallery Belvedere | |
| Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz | |
| Periods | Art Nouveau |
| Symbolism | |
| Modern art | |
| Vienna Secession | |
| Neoclassicism | |
| Realism | |
| Surrealism | |
| Romanticism | |
| Known for | Painting |
| Painter | |
| Children | Gustav Ucicky |
| Otto Zimmermann | |
| Gustav Zimmermann | |
| Date of birth | July 14,1862 |
| Zodiac sign | Cancer |
| Born | Baumgarten |
| Vienna | |
| Austria | |
| Period by artworks | Art Nouveau |
| Symbolism | |
| Vienna Secession | |
| Modern art | |
| Neoclassicism | |
| Realism | |
| Surrealism | |
| Romanticism | |
| Parents | Ernst Klimt the Elder |
| Anna Klimt | |
| Works | The Kiss |
| Death and Life | |
| Danaë | |
| Siblings | Ernst Klimt |
| Clara Klimt | |
| Georg Klimt | |
| Hermine Klimt | |
| Johanna Klimt | |
| Anna Klimt | |
| Buried | Hietzing Cemetery, Vienna, Austria |
| Influences | Egon Schiele |
| Pierre-Auguste Renoir | |
| Albrecht Dürer | |
| Hans Makart | |
| Grandchildren | Gustav Zimmermann |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 413317 |
Gustav Klimt Life story
Gustav Klimt was an Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. Klimt is noted 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.
Klimt's final portrait sells for record £85. 3m
...By Jasmine AnderssonBBC NewsGustav Klimt s final painting has sold for £85...
Gustav Klimt: Painting set to fetch £65m at auction and make history
...By Yasmin RufoBBC NewsThe final painting by artist Gustav Klimt is expected to fetch up to £65m when it is auctioned in London later this month...
Portrait of a lady: the painting found in wall confirmed as stolen Klimt
...A painting discovered by chance last month, a Gustav Klimt original, which was stolen almost 23 years, the Italian authorities have confirmed...
Vienna rescues forgotten women artists censored by the Nazis
...Dreams by Helene Funke: A scene of female harmony Vienna was an intellectual powerhouse in the early 20th Century and two male artists are considered the giants of Viennese modernism: Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele...
Klimt's final portrait sells for record £85. 3m
By Jasmine AnderssonBBC News
Gustav Klimt 's final painting has sold for £85. 3m ($108. 4m), Making It The Most valuable work of art ever sold at auction in Europe.
Lady with a Fan (Dame mit Fächer) was sold to a Hong Kong collector who triumphed in a four-way bidding war at Sotheby's.
The Portrait of the unnamed woman was still on an easel in Klimt's studio when The Painter died in 1918.
It soared past its £65m estimate in an auction that lasted 10 Minutes .
The Painting , described as " a masterpiece by an artist at The Height of his powers" has strong Asian influences and is part of the Japonisme trend, which refers to The Influence of Japanese Art and design among Western European artists.
It also features several Chinese motifs including The Phoenix , a symbol of immortality and rebirth, and lotus blossoms that signify love.
Helena Newman , The Chair of Sotheby's Europe and worldwide head of impressionist and Modern Art , said: " Dame mit Fächer is The Last portrait Gustav Klimt created before his untimely death, when still in his artistic prime and producing some of his most accomplished and experimental works.
" Many of those works, certainly The Portraits for which he is best known, were commissions. This, though, is something completely Different - a technical tour De Force , full of boundary-pushing experimentation, as well as a heartfelt ode to absolute beauty. "
Lady with a Fan is, a leading figure of the Vienna Secession art movement, to be owned privately. It was last sold in 1994, when it fetched $11. 6m (£9m).
The Austrian Symbolist painter is best-known for his work on gold-leaf-encrusted canvases such as The Kiss , 1907-8, and Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, 1907.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
Gustav Klimt Photos
