I don't know if any of you remember seeing it but I have not been able to forget. I had never seen this painting before or heard of Gustav Klimt before.
Out of curiosity and really enjoying this piece of art I looked further into Gustav. I have discovered how much I love his work! I have started pricing out prints because I want one of the three pictures I have shown.
Being more and more interested in Gustav Klimt, I started reading up on him a little bit more.
His history is long but here's a few points about Gustav Klimt
-born in Austria-Hungary, was one of seven children and lived in poverty for most of his childhood.
-In 1876, Klimt was awarded a scholarship to the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts, where he studied until 1883 to be an architectural painter.
-In 1894, he was commissioned to create three paintings to decorate the ceiling of the Great Hall in the University of Vienna. Not completed until the turn of the century, his three paintings, Philosophy, Medicine and Jurisprudence. All of which were criticized for their radical themes and material, which was called "pornographic". As a result, they were not displayed on the ceiling of the Great Hall. This would be the last public commission accepted by the artist. All three paintings were destroyed by retreating SS forces in May 1945.
-1899 −1910 the golden phase and critical success phase, where
many of his painting use a gold leaf or prominent gold.
-Klimt died in Vienna on February 6, 1918,having suffered a stroke and pneumonia due to the influenza epidemic. Many of his painting were left unfinished.
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