1. Gustav Klimt
Mrs. Hurd’s Artroom
Klimt is noted for his style,paintings,
murals, sketches, and other art objects
2. WRITE DOWN FACTS, THINGS OF
INTERESTS, PATTERNS, &
INSPIRATION. FOR AGRADE!
YOU SHOULD BE TAKING NOTES DURING PPT!!!
3. Your sketchbook note page
should look something like
this:
Facts from power point
Fill boxes in with
patterns & designs
Date of Birth/Death
Where did he live?
Why is he famous?
Facts & qualities about
art work.
4. Who is Gustav Klimt?
• Adele Bloch-Bauer I, which sold
for a record $135 million in 2006.
Neue Galerie, New York.
Born July 14, 1862
Died Feb. 6, 1918,
One of seven children, very
poor childhood
Austrian painter and
illustrator
Austria was one of the most
important centers for science
and culture in the 1890’s
Klimt founded the school of
painting known as the Vienna
Secession
He has been called the top
example of ART NOUVEAU.
In this composition Klimt incorporated many design elements, such as,
complementary colors orange (gold) and blue and repeated patterns of
shapes. What shapes do you see?
5. Definitions:
Vienna Succession
• Style that embodies
the high-keyed free
spirited, psychological,
and aesthetic
preoccupations of
turn-of-the-century
Vienna's dazzling
intellectual world
Art Nuevo
• Fine Arts. a style of
fine and applied art
current in the late 19th
and early 20th
centuries,
characterized chiefly
by curvilinear motifs
often derived from
natural forms.
6. Inspiration:
Klimt visited Ravenna, Italy, where he
saw early Christian mosaics made from
bits of stone and glass that inspired him
to paint the patterns in his artwork.
Death and Life
7. Two portraits of Emily Floge
Emily Floge at the age of 17, 1891.
Portrait of Emily Floge, 1902
He earlier work
is a highly
realistic, formal
portrait.
The second
portrait has a
stylized dream-
like quality with
a realistic face.
Two portraits of Emily Floge
8. Portrait of Eugenia
Primavesi
1913-1914
Klimt, GustavOil on canvas
140 x 85 cm
Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota
City, Japan
The women in many of
Klimt’s portraits were
the wives of wealthy
Viennese businessmen
and art collectors.
10. Mäda Primavesi
(1903–2000), 1912
Gustav Klimt
(Austrian, 1862–
1918)
Gift of André and Clara Mertens,
in memory of her mother, Jenny
Pulitzer Steiner, 1964 (64.148)
In this portrait, the flower in
Mada’s hair and the row of
flowers across her dress link
her with the floral patterns
in the rug and wallpaper.
Klimt’s style became freer
with fewer dense patterns
and hard edges in his later
years.
11. Medicine (Hygieia)
1900 – 07
Format 430 x 300 cm
Technique Oil on canvas
Location Burned in Schlob Immendorf,
Austria, 1945
The University of Vienna
rejected Klimt’s Medicine mural
because his mystical, snake
handling priestess did not fit the
University professors’ image of
the physician as a scientist and
healer.
12. The Kiss
Year 1907 – 08
Format180 x 180 cm
Technique Oil on
canvas
Location Vienna,
Osterreichische
Museum für
Angewandte Kunst
13. Hope, II. 1907-
08.
Gustav Klimt.
(Austrian,
1862-1918). Oil,
gold, and platinum
on canvas, 43 1/2 x
43 1/2" (110.5 x
110.5 cm). Jo Carole
and Ronald S.
Lauder, and Helen
Acheson Funds, and
Serge Sabarsky
15. Gustav Klimt - Assessment
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1. What kind of city was Vienna during the 1890s?
2. What is Art Nouveau?
3. How does Klimt’s style differ in the two portraits of
Emily Floge?
4. Why did the university of Vienna reject Klimt’s Medicine
mural?
5. What did Klimt see in 1903 that would inspire the
patterns in his artwork?
Hub for Culture & Science
Expressive, curviliner, floral motiffs,
erotic
Photorealism vs. stylized-dream like with realistic face
because his mystical, snake handling priestess did not fit the
University professors’ image a scientist and healer.
Visit to Ravenna, Italy-where he saw early Christian mosaics
16. 7. Why might his paintings be considered a “painted
mosaic”?
10. Who were the women in many of Klimt’s portraits?
11. What elements did Klimt incorporate into paintings
such as Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer?
12. In Portrait of Mada Primavesi, what elements link
the subject with her surroundings?
complementary colors yellow (gold) and blue and repeated
patterns of shapes
the flower in Mada’s hair and the row of flowers across her dress
link her with the floral patterns in the rug and wallpaper.
Klimt used small quick brushstrokes to form a glittering pattern of
orange and yellow dots, dashes, and scribbles that resemble tiles in a
mosaic. Not to mention repetitive pattern/shapes and gold leaf
17. Your sketchbook practice
page should look something
like this:
Drawing
Notes/Tips &
Tricks
How many heads make up a figue?
Where do the hands go?
Length, shape, of features
Practice
Drawing
Answers:
The Austrian Capital was a vital cultural and scientific center.
This was a movement that developed during the 1890s. Some characteristics include handmade materials and flat patterns based on stylized plant forms.
The earlier work is a highly realistic, formal portrait. The second portrait has a stylized dream-like quality with a realistic face.
Klimt’s mystical, snake handling priestess did not fit the University professors’ image of the physician as scientist and healer.
Klimt visited Ravenna, Italy, where he saw early Christian mosaics made from bits of stone and galss.
Klimt left out human figures; he preferred to concentrate on the patterns formed by plants and flowers
Klimt used small, quick brushstrokes to form a glittering pattern of orange and yellow dots, dashes, and scribbles that resemble tiles in a mosaic.
Gold and ceramic tiles, exotic woods, glass, and jewels were among the materials used in “Tree of Life”.
Tree symbolizes life cycles. Seedpods and other organic shapes represent creativity and rebirth; the black bird symbolizes death.
They were the wives of wealthy Viennese businessmen and art collectors.
Klimt used gold paint, repeating patterns and other “mosaic” elements in his portraits.
The flower in Mada’s hair and the row of flowers across her dress link her with the floral patterns in the rug and wallpaper.
It became freer with fewer dense patterns and hard edges.
