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He was born in Baumgarten, Austria. He was the most important artist of Wienner Secession, a revolutionary artistic movement.
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Klimt worked and earned money by portraits of people, he captured the perfect likeness. He was only 17; this is his father's portrait.
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Klimt decorated the ceiling and the Grand staircase of the most prestigious theatre of Vienna.
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He rapresented the three univercity's faculties: Medicine, Phylosophy, Jurisprudence. The original paintings were destroyed by the Nazis in 1945.
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During the first years of 20th century, he portrayed some elegant and beautiful women.
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Klimt's paintings symbolize the eternal war between good and evil, won by the use of arts and social union. Just like Schiller's ode to joy just by Beethoven.
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This is the most famous painting of Gustav Klimt.He shows a couple in a kneeling posture, engaged in a sweet kiss. They are in an indefinite space.
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In the last years of his life, he painted many landscapes (one on the Garda's lake).
