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Golden Klimt
Gustav Klimt: Painting, Design and Modern Life in Vienna 1900
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'Disillusioned with the established art scene', should be a macro for any art publication for it refers to so many brilliant artists: Monet, Manet, Picasso, Sloan, Henri and Gustav Klimt. |
Klimt resigned from the Viennese Artists Association in 1897 along with several friends, together they organized an independent organization called the Sezession. The group's first act was to elect Gustave Klimt as their President.
The Austrian artist received a commission to paint murals for the Vienna University, it was a project he would abandon. His few completed works were heavily criticized, by the art establishment, as nonsensical. The three works he completed for the commission were destroyed in a fire in 1945.
Public commissions dried up, Klimt didn't care. Allegorical and mythological themes became popular with him along with portraits. Freedom of expression mattered far more to Klimt and his followers than acceptance from society.
Title: Baby (Cradle), 1917-1918
Artist: Gustav Klimt (Austrian 1862-1918)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 110 x 110 cm
Image courtesy of the Board of Trustees,
National Gallery of Art, Washington
© Gift of Otto and Franciska Kallir with the help of
the Carol and Edwin Gaines Fullinwider Fund
and Tate Liverpool
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The female body beautiful was always popular with Klimt whether in portraits or his avant garde pieces. Popular during his day with an eclectic palette he is the Tate Liverpool's contribution to the city's celebration as the European Union's Capital of Culture for 2008. |
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Exploring Viennese life in the early 20th Century, this exhibit celebrates the artist, his works and the city celebrating it's culture: Liverpool.
Gustav Klimt: Painting, Design and Modern Life in Vienna 1900
Tate Liverpool:
May 22 – September 14, 2008