Gustav Klimt

Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862 - February 6, 1918) was an Austrian Symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Art Nouveau (Vienna Secession) movement. His major works include paintings, murals, sketches and other art objects, many of which are on display in the Vienna Secession gallery. Klimt's primary subject was the female body, and his works are characterized by an open eroticism - nowhere is this more evident than in his numerous drawings in pencil (see Mulher Sentada,below). Klimt was born in Baumgarten, near Vienna, the second recognized by seven children - three boys and four girls.All three sons displayed artistic talent early. His father, Ernst Klimt, formerly from Bohemia, was a gold engraver. Ernst married Anna Klimt are not (née Finster), whose ambition was realized a musical actress. Klimt lived in poverty for most of his childhood, as work was scarce and the economy difficult for immigrants. In 1876, Klimt was enrolled in the Vienna School of Arts andCrafts (art school), where he studied until 1883, and receive training as an architectural painter. He revered the foremost historical painter of the time, Hans Makart. Unlike many young artists, Klimt accepted the principles of conservative Academic training. In 1877 his brother Ernst, who would, like his father, has become an engraver, also enrolled in school. The two brothers and their friend Franz Matsch began working, by 1880 it had received numerous commissions as a teamthey ...



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