Expressionism, fauvism, early 20th century(Gustav Klimt)

Gustav Klimt Was born on July 14, 1862 – and passed away on February 6, 1918. He was an Austrian Symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Art Nouveau movement.

His main works include paintings, murals, sketches and other works of art, many of which are on display at the Vienna Secession gallery. Klimt’s primary subjects are female bodies, and his work has a distinctly erotic quality — nothing more so than many of his pencil drawings

Gustav Klimt was born in Baumgarten, near Vienna. In his family, 3 boys and 4girls; he was the seventh child. Gustav and his brothers displayed their artistic talent at early age.

In 1876, Klimt was enrolled in the Vienna School of Arts and Craft, where he studied until 1883, and received architectural paint training. In 1877 his brother Ernst, himself, and their friend Franz Matsch began working together and created a team named ”Company of Artists ” in 1880, they had received numerous commissions. Klimt began his career on painting interior murals and ceilings in large public buildings on the Ringstraße including a successful series of “Allegories and Emblems”.

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