Gustav Klimt Style And Visions In Art Nouveau
The Kiss, Gustav Klimt Gustav Klimt was born in 1862 and was an Austrian symbolist painter and was a member of the Vienna Art Nouveau movement. Klimt created a large number of works including oil paintings, murals , sketches and other things. His primary subject was the female body since more of his paintings [...]
Gustav Klimt’s Most Expensive Painting
Did you know which oil painting from Gustav Klimt is the most expensive painting ever sold? Answer: Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I This painting was purchased by cosmetic magnate founder Ronald Lauder for the sum of $135 millions. This makes it the most expensive oil painting ever purchased. The purchase put Gustav Klimt paintings above [...]
Gustav Klimt’s Portrait Of Adele Bloch-Bauer II
Five years after the first portrait, Gustav Klimt once again took Adele Bloch-Bauer as his subject. The golden hues that were prominent in the first painting were missing, but the soft colours replacing them were just as captivating, Blending together fantasy and reality, the painting is a gret inspiration to many artists of later generations. [...]
Gustav Klimt’s Portrait Of Adele Bloch-Bauer I
This oil painting Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, also known as “Golden Painting” and “The Mona Lisa of Austria”, the subject of the paintings is Adele Bloch-Bauer, an upper class lady in the 19th century. The painting was acquired by the Austrian government during the WWII era, and it was only after 8 long years [...]
