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Gustav Klimt

1862–1918

Moriz Nähr. Photographic portrait, about 1916.
Moriz Nähr. Photographic portrait, about 1916.

Klimt attended Vienna's School of Applied Arts from 1876 to 1883. With his brother Ernst and Franz Matsch, he undertook decorative commissions for theaters, the museum and an imperial villa. He helped found the Vienna Secession in 1897 and led it for its first two years.

Works

Mäda Primavesi (1903–2000) — Gustav KlimtGustav Klimt

Mäda Primavesi (1903–2000)

The Kiss (Lovers) — Gustav KlimtGustav Klimt

The Kiss (Lovers)

Sources

Moriz Nähr · Moriz Nähr / Wien Museum, Inv. 55270 · Wien Museum · CC0 1.0 Portrait source · Licence