Gustav Klimt: The Bride, 1917/18, Klimt Foundation
© Klimt Foundation, Vienna
Gustav Klimt stands for the "Vienna 1900" era, which continues to fascinate and resonate to this day. At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, the center of the Habsburg monarchy saw a concentration of top achievements in the fields of art, culture and science. This world of Viennese Modernism is presented online in the Gustav Klimt database.
In addition to the → WORK of the painting genius, Klimt's private and public life is made visible in the socio-political → NETWORK of this dynamic period. In addition, with the extensive → RESEARCH PLATFORM, which focuses on directories of Klimt's paintings, photographs, autographs and exhibitions, the database has a research tool in which the holdings of the Klimt Foundation and its project partners are scientifically processed.
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09/24/2024
WIENER WERKSTÄTTE arts / crafts 1903-1932
Wiener Werkstätte design icons are currently on display at the Millesgården Museum in Stockholm. The exhibition, curated by Anne-Katrin Rossberg from the MAK, Vienna and Martin Liljekvist, shows masterpieces from this pioneering Viennese manufacturing collective, which was founded in 1903 by Josef Hoffmann, Kolo Moser and Fritz Waerndorfer. Gustav Klimt was also very closely associated with the “WW”, whether through artistic exchange or through furnishings and jewelry. -
08/11/2024
KLIMT PRINTED
"[. . . ] only in the constantly increasing integration of the whole of life with artistic intentions [is] the progress of culture founded. [. . . -
04/25/2024
Portrait of Fräulein Lieser going to Hongkong
Klimt's "Fräulein Lieser" was sold for 38,5 million euros at yesterday's auction at the Kinsky auction house. The painting will be sent to Hongkong as part of a private collection. However, before the grand journey, the portrait will once again be exhibited in Austria!
