A limited edition print. Print No. 131/200. Blind stamp of the publisher. 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 a remarkable talent for drawing and painting, and both of his brothers also had artistic inclinations. While still a student, 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 in 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. It was then that works such as The Kiss, Pallas Athena, Danaë, Judith I, and Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I were created. He died in 1918 from the Spanish flu. In his estate, a large number of sketches of naked women in various positions, including the most intimate ones, were preserved. 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.
