Gustav Klimt
Gustav Klimt
Photographic portrait from 1914
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an Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. Klimt is noted for his paintings, murals, sketches, and other objets d'art.
Born
July 14, 1862 Baumgarten, Austrian Empire
Died
February 6, 1918 (aged 55) Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Nationality
Austro-Hungarian
Known for
Painter
adultbasic
Austria
era
1800+
Movement
Symbolism, Art Nouveau, Vienna Secession
Notable work
Judith and the Head of Holofernes, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, The Kiss, Danaë