Gustav Klimt – Biography, The Kiss, and Golden Phase
Gustav Klimt, born on 14 July 1862 in Baumgarten near Vienna, was an Austrian Symbolist and Art Nouveau painter whose richly decorative, gold-laden works became icons of early modernism. As a founding figure of the Vienna Secession, he broke with academic tradition to create a style that blended erotic symbolism, flat ornament, and meticulous realism. … Read more