biografia di Gustav KLIMT (1862-1918)
Personal data
Birth : 07/14/1862 - Vienna, Austria
Death : 02/06/1918 - Vienna, Austria
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Austria
Family relations
Brother of Ernst II KLIMT [ 1864-1892 ]Education
1876 – 1883 : Kunstgewerbeschule – Vienna, Austria
Professional data
Work and Life
1911:The Stoclet Frieze is completed in Brussels, Belgium.
1905:Renounces his commission for the faculty paintings; the Ministry points out that the paintings are already state property. After a lively exchange of correspondence and newspaper interviews with Klimt, the Ministry restores the faculty paintings to h
1904:The Belgian industrialist Adolf STOCLET commissions Josef HOFFMANN to construct a stately palais in Brussels. Klimt is commissioned to create a marble frieze, the Stoclet Frieze, for the dining-room.
1903:Following the example of James McNeill WHISTLER’s “The Gentle Art of Making Enemies”, Hermann BAHR publishes hostile critiques and commentaries with the title “Gegen Klimt” (Contra Klimt).
On 11 November the art commission of the Ministry of Educatio
1901:The second faculty painting, Medicine, is shown at the tenth Secession exhibition and again causes a sensation. This time it is the depiction of a naked pregnant woman that incites outrage. At the Reichsrat (imperial council) there is an interpellati
1900:At the sixth Secession exhibition Philosophy is shown, the first of Klimt’s faculty paintings for the Great Hall of the University of Vienna. The exhibition is seen by 35.000 visitors and Philosophy gives rise to criticism. Polemical newspaper articl
1894:The Academic Senate of the University of Vienna awards Franz MATSCH and Gustav KLIMT the commission for the ceiling paintings for the Great Hall of the university building, Vienna, Austria.
1892:His father and his brother Ernst die on 13 July and 9 December respectively. Ernst’s death leads to the dissolution of the “Künstler Compagnie”.
1891:The “Künstler Compagnie” is commissioned to paint the spandrel pictures for the stairwell of the recently constructed Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria.
1886:The first important commission for the “Künstler Compagnie” is the decoration of the staircases of the newly built Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria.
1883:With their fellow student Franz MATSCH the brothers Gustav and Ernst Klimt move into a studio in the Sandwirthgasse 8 (6th district) and found the “Künstler Compagnie” in Vienna, Austria.
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : Mural painting - Oil/canvas 
Drawing-Watercolor : Subject
allegoryeroticism
women
death
female nude
landscape
portrait
sexuality
Movements and styles
SymbolismArt Nouveau
Vienna Secession
Works
| The Dancer | |
| Date of creation : 1918 Medium : Oil/canvas | |
| Baby (Cradle) | |
| Date of creation : 1918 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 111 x 110 cm | |
| The Kiss | |
| Date of creation : 1908 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 180 x 180 cm | |
| Rosiers sous les arbres | |
| Date of creation : 1905 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 110 x 110 cm | |
| Portrait of Hermine Gallia | |
| Date of creation : 1904 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 171 x 97 cm | |
| Beethoven Frieze | |
| Date of creation : 1902 Medium : Oil/canvas | |
| Serena Lederer | |
| Date of creation : 1899 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 191 x 85 cm | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2005
Papiers Erotiques
Fondation Dina Vierny – Musée Maillol – Paris, France
03/09/2005 – 05/30/2005
2002
Gustav Klimt – Last Studio
Klimt-Villa – Vienna, Austria
11/01/2002 – 02/23/2003
Landscapes
Österreichische Galerie Belvedere – Vienna, Austria
10/23/2002 – 02/23/2003
Landscapes
Clark Art Institute – Williamstown MA, United States
06/16/2002 – 09/02/2002
2001
Vers un renouvellement de la modernité
National Gallery of Canada / Musée des Beaux-Arts du Canada – Ottawa ON, Canada
06/15/2001 – 09/16/2001
2000
Klimt – Painter of Women
Österreichische Galerie Belvedere – Vienna, Austria
09/20/2000 – 01/07/2001
1903
Klimt Kollektive
Wiener Secession – Vereinigung bildender Künstler – Vienna, Austria
11/14/1903 – 01/06/1904
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2004
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Galerie Nathalie Seroussi – 34 Rue de Seine – Paris, France
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Galerie St. Etienne – Suite 802 24 West 57th Street – New York NY, United States
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Galerie Thomas – Maximilianstrasse 25 – Munich, Germany
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : The Piccadilly Gallery – 43 Dover Street – London, United Kingdom
2002
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : The Piccadilly Gallery – 43 Dover Street – London, United Kingdom
2001
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : The Piccadilly Gallery – 43 Dover Street – London, United Kingdom
2000
International Artexpo New York
Jacob K Javits Convention Center – New York NY, United States
03/09/2000 – 03/13/2000
Represented by : La Spirale – Via Marradi 1 – Milan MI, Italy
1999
ART Paris – art moderne et création contemporaine
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
09/16/1999 – 09/20/1999
Represented by : Kunsthandel Frans Jacobs – Rokin 46 – Amsterdam, Netherlands
1990
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo
Madrid, Spain
02/08/1990 – 02/13/1990
Represented by : Fisher Fine Art Gallery – 30 King Street – London, United Kingdom
Group exhibitions
2002
Les peintres de Vienne. De la Sécession à l’Expressionnisme…
Musée Fleury – Lodève, France
06/29/2002 – 10/27/2002
2001
From Art Nouveau to Expressionism
Galerie St. Etienne – New York NY, United States
11/23/2001 – 01/05/2002
Recent Acquisitions
Galerie St. Etienne – New York NY, United States
09/01/2001 – 09/20/2001
1910
Universal Exhibition / Exposition Universelle
Italy
1910
1909
2nd Kunstschau
Vienna, Austria
1909
1908
1st Kunstschau
Vienna, Austria
1908
1902
14th Secession exhibition
Wiener Secession – Vereinigung bildender Künstler – Vienna, Austria
04/15/1902 – 06/27/1902
1901
10th Secession exhibition
Vienna, Austria
03/15/1901 – 05/12/1901
1900
6th Secession exhibition
Vienna, Austria
03/08/1900 – 06/06/1900
Universal Exhibition / Exposition Universelle
Paris, France
1900
1898
1st Secession exhibition
Vienna, Austria
03/26/1898 – 06/15/1898
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Books
2001
Gustav Klimt
Publisher: Thunder Bay Press – Berkeley CA, United States
2001
2000
Klimt’s Women
Publisher: Yale University Press – New Haven CT, United States
Author: Frodl Gerbert
2000
1999
Gustav Klimt: Painter of Women
Publisher: Prestel Verlag – Mandlstraße 26 – Munich, Germany
Author: Partsch Susanna
1999
1998
Klimt
Publisher: Phaidon Press – Regent’s Wharf – London, United Kingdom
Author: Dean Catherine
1998
Gustav Klimt 1862-1918: The World in Female Form
Publisher: Taschen America – 230 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1411 – New York NY, United States
Author: Fliedt Gottfried
1998
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