Home > Blossary: Paintings by Gustav Klimt
A blossary of paintings by Gustav Klimt.

Category: Arts

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Representation of the mythological daughter of King Acrisius of Argos and his wife Queen Eurydice. While imprisoned by her father, King of Argos, in a tower of bronze, Danae was visited by Zeus, ...

Domain: Arts & crafts; Category: Oil painting

The panel shows different influences, converging together: from the Byzantine mosaic art to the Japanese prints. But especially dominant is the Egyptian culture, in the posture of the figures and the ...

Domain: Arts & crafts; Category: Oil painting

The marked rupture cutting this composition in two parts represents several symbolic motifs: the disquieting and dark image of Death looms ove the entangled group of the human bodies, where colour ...

Domain: Arts & crafts; Category: Oil painting

One of Klimt's paintings closer to abtraction, but not quite embracing it in full. The multiplicity of colours and reedy forms of vegetation infuse a sense of vivaciousness that connects with ...

Domain: Arts & crafts; Category: Oil painting

Rendered in a brisk and vivacious style, the portrait is pervaded by a serene spirit, unusual for Klimt. here he alters the face's realism with bright colour daubes, thus reaching an ...

Domain: Arts & crafts; Category: Oil painting

Also known as Black Feather Hat, the red hair and the disproportionate hat were already present in Klimt's Lady with Hat and Feather Boa. The unfinished style, unusual for the Austrian artist, ...

Domain: Arts & crafts; Category: Oil painting

Incomplete painting, it takes a symbolic significance for its biblical subject as well as Eve's facial rendering, with her reclined head and a sweet yet enigmagtic smile. The lower section, with ...

Domain: Arts & crafts; Category: Oil painting

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Great Blossary. Very informative.

03:25, 6 August 2014
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