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Gustav Klimt
He was born in Baumgarten, Austria. He was the most important artist of Wienner Secession, a revolutionary artistic movement. -
Portraits like photographs
Klimt worked and earned money by portraits of people, he captured the perfect likeness. He was only 17; this is his father's portrait. -
Burgtheater in Vienna
Klimt decorated the ceiling and the Grand staircase of the most prestigious theatre of Vienna. -
The Ghreat Hall Univercity of Vienna
He rapresented the three univercity's faculties: Medicine, Phylosophy, Jurisprudence. The original paintings were destroyed by the Nazis in 1945. -
Beauty of women
During the first years of 20th century, he portrayed some elegant and beautiful women. -
Beethoven frieze
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. -
The Kiss
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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The last works
In the last years of his life, he painted many landscapes (one on the Garda's lake).
