Who are We ~: Sell Your Art ~: Students Work ~: Biographies ~: Chat ~: Art Directory Links ~: Art Galleries
| GUSTAV KLIMT (1862-1918) The Austrian painter and graphic artist had much success in his early career, creating grandiose, sumptuous paintings and decorative schemes for official commissions. Drawn to the avant-garde, Klimt became influenced by Impressionism, Symbolism and Art-nouveau, and in 1897 became the first president of the Sezession group. Klimt’s paintings were often branded as pornographic and nonsensical, as they drew on allegorical themes, and , as a great womaniser, Klimt was well-known for being obsessed with the female form. Beautiful portraits of mistresses such as Emilie Flöge, also his sister-in-law, illustrate Klimt’s incredible decorative patterns and embellishments that make him one of the most easily recognisable artists today. |
|
