![]() Klimt was also a father to 14 children.ĭetails of Klimt’s The Kiss and Portrait of Emilie Flöge, with Emilie Flöge as the model in both shakko using 2 Klimt’s painting, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsĮventually, Klimt left the Vienna Artists’ Association, this was around 1897, due to various disputes about other artists not receiving the same privileges to exhibit their art. It is believed his famous painting, The Kiss (1907 to 1908), was of the two. Emilie Flöge was reportedly a lifelong companion to Klimt. The family also had a home in the countryside, which Klimt visited often. The deaths deeply affected Klimt and inevitably his artistic style, which became more symbolic in nature, moving away from the academic and traditional styles of art that he practiced.ĭuring this time, Klimt became acquainted with his past-on brother’s widow’s sister, Emilie Flöge. This left the artist financially responsible for the rest of his family. There was a turning point in Klimt’s artistic style when he lost both his father and brother in 1892. The group lasted for around seven years and their murals appealed to a niche group of people that accommodated more traditional academic styles of art.Ī Turning Point for Klimt’s Artistic Style ![]() In 1894 the Company of Artists received a commission to paint for the University of Vienna, specifically the Great Hall’s auditorium ceiling. This was a more conservative group of artists, and the organization oversaw the exhibition space for contemporary art in the city of Vienna. In 1888, the Austrian Emperor Franz Josef I presented the group with the award called the Golden Order of Merit.Īltar of Dionysos (1886-1888) by Gustav Klimt, painted on the ceiling of the Vienna Burgtheater Gustav Klimt, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commonsįrom 1890 to 1891 Klimt was a member of the Vienna Artists’ Association, broadly known as the Vienna Kunstlerhaus (“Artist’s House”). Some examples include the staircase paintings in the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Museum of Fine Arts) in Vienna and the ceiling paintings in the Vienna Burgtheater. They painted theaters, churches, public buildings, other spaces like homes. Their artistic services included creating decorative murals and paintings for various upper-class figures. The three artists started this around the early 1880s. He was a popular figure in the Viennese art circles.Īfter Klimt completed his studies and graduated from Kunstgewerbeschule, he started the “Company of Artists” with his brother Ernst and their friend Franz Masch. Some of the notable artists and scholars that inspired Klimt during his early years were Diego Velázquez, a Spanish Baroque painter, and Hans Makart, who was an Austrian artist specializing in history paintings. ![]() Klimt studied other artists like Venetian Renaissance Titian and the Flemish Baroque Peter Paul Rubens. After he went through the initial training for drawing, he advanced to painting and excelled at this. He started his artistic skills by drawing from copies and casts and then from real life. His studies were in architectural painting from 1876 to 1883. Photograph of Gustav Klimt, 1905 Моріс Нар, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commonsĭuring Klimt’s younger years, at age 14, he took the entrance examination to the Viennese School of Arts and Crafts ( Kunstgewerbeschule), which he passed. His two brothers, Georg and Ernst, were also artists. His other sister, Klara, also experienced emotional and mental distress. Additionally, Klimt lost one of his sisters, Anna, in 1874 to an illness. Klimt’s family experienced financial hardships and moved home often. He had six other siblings, two brothers, and four sisters, and was the second born. His parents were Anna, a musical performer, and Ernst Klimt, a gold engraver. ![]() Gustav Klimt was born on 14 July in 1862 in Baumgarten, the 14th district of Vienna, the capital of Austria. Symbolism, Art Nouveau, Vienna Secession Movement He produced numerous paintings with central themes of eroticism and women. The Austrian artist, Gustav Klimt, was one of the famous artists of the 20 th century known for his decorative style of painting.
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