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Art in Austria
Gustav Klimt is considered Austria's most famous artist. He was a pioneering symbolist painter and a leading figure in the Vienna Secession movement. His masterpiece, "The Kiss" and his
Golden Phase are universally celebrated.
I first heard of Gustav when I was in my twenties from my Nan. Of course, at the time I was not that interested.
Gustav Klimt was born July 14, 1862 in Baumgarten, Austria and died February 6, 1918 in Vienna Austria. Age 55, from complications of the Spanish flu. In early 1918, he suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyzed,
contracted pneumonia, and died. Historical records and biographies
also indicate he lived with syphilis, which heavily influenced his art.
A few of his pieces.
The Kiss 
Golden Tears
Part of his golden phase.
The Tree of Life
Hope
The Virgin 
Adele Block Baure
(1881–1925) was a prominent Viennese socialite, patron of the arts, and the only subject Austrian painter Gustav Klimt painted twice in full-length portraits. She was known for hosting a famous cultural salon, which brought together Vienna's intellectual and artistic elite
Looking forward to seeing your arty post.
Adele Brock Baure
Life and Death.
I have to say that klimt's life is quite interesting and if you want to read about it click here
The one thing I find extraordinary is that
in 1901, the Austrian parliament convened its first-ever cultural debate. A parliamentary debate on art.
He was a rebel for sure.
This next bit is taken from
The Scienctific Breakthrough That Revolutionized Gustav Klimt's Art.
The subject was the enormous allegoric paintings Gustav Klimt
had been commissioned to paint for the ceiling of University of
Vienna’s festival hall. “Official outrage session” might more accurately
describe the occasion that channeled public fury and saw only the
education minister come to Klimt’s defense.
Why all the anger? Most immediately because the three paintings
were experimental, profane, and weird. The works were asymmetrical,
filled with languid sensual bodies, along with octopus tentacles and
snakes, skeletons, and sphinxes. Klimt had been tasked with creating
idealized images of Philosophy, Medicine, and Jurisprudence. He refused,
offering abstracted impressions instead.
The kicker came later that year when Klimt’s proposed professorship at
the Academy of Fine Arts was rejected by the government. Not that the
Vienna native wanted the post; he repaid his commission fee later
telling journalist and friend Berta Zuckerkandl, “I refuse any help from
the state, I renounce everything.”
Despite such protestations, Klimt continued to work in a city
governed by conservatism and censorship. One way Klimt navigated these
constraints and remained forward-thinking was through deploying images
from the latest in scientific research.
Four decades on from Gregor Mendel’s experiments with garden peas, the foundations for the science of cells and genetics were being formed. Klimt was obsessed. In Vienna, art and science were mixing, in part through salons that brought together artists, intellectuals, and academics.
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21 facts about KustavThe above link is very interesting and is written in short paragraphs.
I hope you enjoyed this little bit about Kustav Klimt
I personally love his
defiant, actional, nonconformist behavior.
That's is for now.
I'm joinng Gillena for
Nicole
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/gustav-klimt-gold-2543498
https://byronsmuse.wordpress.com/2015/03/08/gustav-klimt-magical-kaleidoscope/
https://www.factum-arte.com/pag/1171/medicine
