Graphic print in a limited edition. Print no. 118/200. Embossed publisher's stamp. Handmade paper. Loose sheet.
About the author:
Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) was an Austrian painter, known primarily as the author of allegorical, mythological, and real portraits, characterized by captivating beauty and refined sensuality with an erotic charge. Even in his youth, he showed significant talent for drawing and painting, and both his brothers also had artistic inclinations. While still studying, he formed an artistic trio with his brother Ernst and classmate Franz Matsch. Their workshop created, for example, the decoration of the theater in Karlovy Vary or Liberec, where the original painted curtain can still be seen today. In 1897, Gustav Klimt became the first president of the Secession art association, which he founded together with architects Joseph M. Olbrich and Josef Hoffmann and other prominent figures.
Gustav Klimt's unique style was formed between 1898 and 1908, during his work for the University of Vienna and his membership in the Secession association. It was then that works such as The Kiss, Pallas Athena, Danaë, Judith I, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I were created. He died in 1918 from complications of the Spanish flu. His estate contained a large number of sketches of nude women in various poses, including the most intimate ones. Gustav Klimt held an influential position in the art of the monarchy and was a popular portrait painter of Viennese society. He is one of the key figures in Austrian art history.
