“The most important single collection” of Gustav Klimt’s work, owned by a wealthy industrialist, burned in a tragic fire in an Austrian castle in the waning days of World War II.
His enthusiasm for painting woodlands en plein air even led to the locals at Attersee referring to him as the Waldschrat, or Forest Demon (V. Perlhefter, ''It is such a wonderful feeling to be in the countryside" The Phenomenon of the Austrian Sommerfrische, pp. 16-29, in S. Koja, Gustav Klimt: Landscapes, New York, 2002, p. 27). 21 Facts Gustav Klimt. By Zoë Vanderweide. 1. He was the founding president of the Vienna Secession. In 1897, Klimt and a group of twenty other painters, sculptors and architects renounced the conservative Künstlerhaus to form their own artistic group. Klimt was chosen as its president and was active in organizing exhibitions until he left Browse and buy paintings and drawings by Gustav Klimt, check auction results and learn about their history Death And Life, 1908 by Gustav Klimt. Death And Life, 1908 by Gustav Klimt. Death and Life has two very clearly separated parts. To the left, we see Death. Death is depicted and the classic grim reaper, a grinning skull, covered in a dark robe covered with symbols. The main symbol we see covering Death is that of the cross.
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