The 1000++ Artworks created around 1900 and ...

Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I Gustave Klimt

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Gustave Klimt - Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I

Size, Media and Style

Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I is an oil painting on canvas with gold leaf, measuring 138 x 138 cm. This masterpiece was created by Gustav Klimt d...

The Three Ages of Woman (Detail)Gustave Klimt

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Gustave Klimt - The Three Ages of Woman (Detail)

180 x 180 cm, (1905)

Woman
Women

The Three Ages of Woman is a painting that was completed in Austria in 1905 by Gustav Klimt, symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. The work features three women in varying stages of age, symbolizing the cycle of life. The three women are central on...

Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna (Rome, Italy)

Ria Munk On Her Deathbed Gustave Klimt

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Gustave Klimt - Ria Munk On Her Deathbed

(1912)

Auditoriumin the Old Burgtheater, Vienna Gustave Klimt

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Gustave Klimt - Auditoriumin the Old Burgtheater, Vienna

Oil	Europe Scenes

Mother with Two Children (Family)Gustave Klimt

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Gustave Klimt - Mother with Two Children (Family)

This painting is surprising considering the other works Gustav Klimt painted during these years. On the one hand, very little is known about the identity of the subjects. The master artist may have been portraying his impressions of his own liaisons with models and the children he fathered in this v...

Three Ages of Woman Gustave Klimt

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Oil

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This painting is a typical representation of Klimt’s stylized eroticism, and portrays the subject of Danae, which has been a popular theme throughout painting, having been painted before by Corregio, Rembrandt, and Titian. Danae was the symbol of divine love, transcendence, and sensational beauty. B...

Galerie Würthle (Vienna, Austria)

Death and Life Gustave Klimt

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178 x 198 cm, (1908)

Birth And Death
Life

Gustav Klimt’s large painting Death and Life, created in 1910, features not a personal death but rather merely an allegorical Grim Reaper who gazes at “life” with a malicious grin. This “life” is comprised of all generations: every age group is represented, from the baby to the grandmother, in this ...

Leopold Museum (Vienna, Austria)

Portrait of Emile Floge Gustave Klimt

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Oil On Panel

The Tree of Life, Stoclet Frieze Gustave Klimt

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Gustave Klimt - The Tree of Life, Stoclet Frieze

195 x 102 cm, (1909)

Life
Symbols
Forests

A Masterpiece of Art Nouveau and Symbolism

Gustav Klimt's The Tree of Life, Stoclet Frieze is a stunning example of the Art Nouveau style and symbolist painting. Complet...

Museum of Applied Arts (Vienna, Austria)

Portrait of Fritza Riedler Gustave Klimt

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Gustave Klimt - Portrait of Fritza Riedler

Portrait of Marie Breunig Gustave Klimt

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Gustave Klimt - Portrait of Marie Breunig

Philosophy (final state)Gustave Klimt

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Gustave Klimt - Philosophy (final state)

Symbols

Philosophy’s first version was presented by Klimt in 1900. Part of three ceiling paintings he did for the University of Vienna, the Seventh Secession Exhibition was where “Philosophy” was first exhibited. The Secession committee prioritized this work and showcased it in their first room, even after ...

The Tree of Life Gustave Klimt

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195 x 102 cm, (1909)

Life
Symbols
Colour

Discover the beauty and symbolism of this iconic painting from WahooArt.com.

Size and Style

The Tree of Life, completed in 1909, is a stunning example of Art Nouveau style painting by the renow...

Museum of Applied Arts (Vienna, Austria)

Portrait of Emilie Floge Gustave Klimt

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Gustave Klimt - Portrait of Emilie Floge

Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna, Austria)

Lady with Hat and Feather Boa Gustave Klimt

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Gustave Klimt - Lady with Hat and Feather Boa

Oil	Portraits Clothing Women

With this portrait Klimt goes further in the depiction of women within his work. This lady with hat and featherboa is at the same time adorable, flagitious, enchanting and wicked. The painting has been restituted in 2001 from the Austrian Government to the owners and was then privately sold for over...

Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II Gustave Klimt

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Gustave Klimt - Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II

The Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II is a stunning painting created by the Austrian symbolist painter Gustav Klimt in 1912. This masterpiece was sold for an impressive $88 mi...

Portrait of Marie Henneberg Gustave Klimt

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Gustave Klimt - Portrait of Marie Henneberg

(1901)

Marie Kerner von Marilaun as a bride Gustave Klimt

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Gustave Klimt - Marie Kerner von Marilaun as a bride

Anton Kerner von Marilaun, a professor of botany, commissioned Gustav Klimt in 1891 to paint a portrait of his wife Marie Kerner von Marilaun, née Ebner Gräfin von Rofenstein and widowed Gräfin von Wolkenstein. Klimt was not ordered to paint her in reality, but given a photograph taken in 1862 as a ...