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Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)
Klimt was an Austrian painter and founder of the Vienna Secession--a 20th-century art movement which rebelled against the established norms of the Academy system in favor of a highly decorative style similar to Art Nouveau.
Klimt's contribution to the art world is a series of highly sensual and decorative portraits which have become synonymous with female beauty and romantic love. His painting of "The Kiss"--perhaps the most famous--has a timeless quality of the passionate and monumental expression of human love. Notice the rich surface beauty of the flat forms and decorative patterning.
We are pleased to offer this collection of Klimt's work as but an introduction to his diverse talent. In particular, where available, we have illustrated Klimt's preparatory sketches side by side with his finished art works (i.e. The Kiss, The Embrace) in order to reveal his artistic process.
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LEFT Klimt Silhouette#1
Poster of Silhouette 1 by artist Gustav Klimt from the early 20th century. Unframed, serigraph on special paper, 8 1/4”W x 54 1/4”H (image size 6 1/4”W x 52 1/4”H). 3907 $57
RIGHT Klimt Silhouette#2 3908 $57
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Klimt’s Fregio Stoclet Print
Poster of Fregio Stoclet by artist Gustav Klimt from the early 20th century. Unframed, with metal imprint and gold application on special paper, 23 5/8”W x 46”H (image size 18 1/4”W x 40 1/8”H). 3915 $68
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Klimt Hygeia Square Glass Plate
This dynamic square glass plate depicts a detail pattern from Gustav Klimt's 1907 masterpiece "Medicine". The pattern is on the Greek goddess Hygia's garments. The original painting was destroyed by fire at Immendorf Palace, 1945.
Made from glass, this beautiful Klimt Hygeia Square Plate measures 10"H. 6511, $60
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Klimt Hygeia Glass Vase
This dynamic glass vase depicts a detail pattern from Gustav Klimt's 1907 masterpiece "Medicine". The pattern is on the Greek goddess Hygeia's garments.
Made from glass, this beautiful Klimt Hygeia vase measures 12"H. 6509, $100
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Klimt Tall-Hygieia Glass Candleholder
This dynamic candle holder depicts a detail pattern from Gustav Klimt's 1907 masterpiece "Medicine". The pattern is on the Greek goddess Hygeia's garments. The original painting was destroyed by fire at Immendorf Palace, 1945.
Made from glass, this stunning Klimt Tall-Hygeia candleholder measures 12"H. 6508, $45
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Klimt The Kiss Frieze Glass Vase
The powerful bond between man and woman (c. 1907) is eloquently illustrated by the renowned 20th-century artist, Gustav Klimt. This glass vase depicts an ornate ornamental pattern from Klimt's masterpiece.
Made from glass, this beautiful Klimt The Kiss Frieze vase measures 15"H. 6507, $150
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Klimt The Kiss Glass Plate
The powerful bond between man and woman (c. 1907) is eloquently illustrated by the renowned 20th-century artist, Gustav Klimt. This glass plate depicts an ornate mattern in his mastperiece, The Kiss. His paintings are large allegorical canvases which combine linear construction and rich colors often illustrating a world of beautiful women and nudes against a bejeweled background. Now in the Osterreichische Galerie, Wien. The ornamental facade seems to hide a pure almost esoteric feeling of felicity, portrayed in a classical manner, nestling in a bed of flowers.
Made from glass, this beautiful Klimt The Kiss Plate measures 14" diameter. 6510, $120
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Klimt The Kiss Glass Vase
The powerful bond between man and woman (c. 1907) is eloquently illustrated by the renowned 20th-century artist, Gustav Klimt. In accordance with the Jugendstil tradition, these lovers appear to be detached from the world.
Made from glass, this beautiful Klimt The Kiss vase measures 9"H. 6506, $98
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Klimt The Kiss Porcelain Octagon Box
In accordance with the Jugendstil tradition, these lovers appear to be detached from the world. By world renown German porcelain house, Goebel.
Made from fine porcelain, this lovely Klimt The Kiss Porcelain Octagon Box measures 5"H x 4"W. 6521, $65
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Kneeling Girl in Orange-Red Dress By Egon Schiele
The artist and painter who, during his short life, developed from a Jugendstil artist into the exponent of Viennese expressionism.
Because nearly his entire family worked for the Austrian railways, Egon schiele was expected to do the same. Instead, this self-willed young man signed up for the Viennese art academy. He admired Sezession and in particular Gustav Klimt who he had met in 1907 and who took him under his wing his protégé.
In Schiele's early work his liking for Eastern-Asian art can be recognized immediately, and it links up perfectly with the illustrative, ornamental Viennese Jugendstil. Later on he developed a powerful angular style which was entirely his own, and which make him into the exponent of early Viennese expressionism.
Made from museum resin, in a hand painted multi color finish, measures 7"H x 5.25"W x 2"L. SCH02, $48
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