Gustav Klimt

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Nov 12

Written By Diana Campos

- Painter - July 14, 1862 – February 6, 1918

Gustav Klimt

(goos-TAHVkleemt)

His Style

His decorative patterns and line work easily identify Klimt's artwork. Another more obvious way to spot his work is by using the gold leaf.

Gustav Klimt worked mainly in oils on canvas and sketched and made some mosaics.

The female form was the main subject of his paintings and was considered erotic.

Klimt's work is Influenced by:

Symbolism
Art Nouveau (ärt no͞oˈvō)
Japanese Art

- The Portrait of Adele Bloch Bauer I (upper left) sold for $135 million — **- The Portrait of Adele Bloch Bauer I** (upper left) sold for $135 million

His Work

Here are some examples of Klimt's famous paintings along with a sample color palette.

Interesting Klimt Trivia

Klimt never married but is said to have fathered 14 children
Unlike other artists, Gustav Klimt never painted a "selfie" of himself

"I have never painted a self-portrait. I am less interested in myself as a subject for a painting than I am in other people, above all women... There is nothing special about me. I am a painter who paints day after day from morning to night... Whoever wants to know something about me out to look carefully at my pictures."

My Work

I thought it would be fun to incorporate Klimt's work into one of my watercolor paintings. I added Finetec Gold Watercolor in place of Klimt's gold leaf and created a square pattern in the background. The pattern I painted was inspired by the blanket of the two lovers in The Kiss painting

The decorative background of this mixed media watercolor and ink painting is inspired by Gustav Klimt. One of Klimt's famous paintings, The Kiss, was back in his day, considered erotic. To me, The Kiss is pretty tame, especially with what is out there today.. There are some other paintings he painted, that yeah, I can see being "erotic." - Erotic or not, I love the gold leaf details he used in many of his paintings.. ⠀ .⠀ - Finding elements of another artist's work, famous or not, and incorporating it into your own is a chapter from the book Steal Like An Artist. Have you read it? if not, you totally should!

A photo posted by Artist | Diana Campos (@olive.blossom.designs) on Nov 10, 2016 at 2:09pm PST

I like this quote, but when it came to writing a caption for it I was stumped. Does this quote mean that we create the art that's in our heads/thoughts or does it mean that we interpret art we see based on our thoughts? - Whats your interpretation of it?

A photo posted by Artist | Diana Campos (@olive.blossom.designs) on Nov 11, 2016 at 4:59pm PST