Gustav Klimt Research Paper
A Biography on Klimt
From around 1900 until his death in 1918, Gustav Klimt dominated the art scene in the capital empire of Austro-Hungary.
He was born on July 14, 1962 in Baumgarten, near Vienna. Gustav Klimt was the second of seven children of a meticulous but poor engraver and carver. His brother Ernest, who could have been as talented as Gustav had he not died so young, worked with his brother until death. His brother Georg was a talented sculptor, carver and designer who made many of the frames for Gustav’s paintings. The Klimt’s were very poor, so they had frequent changes in address in search of progressively cheaper accommodation. In 1873, the situation became worse because of the economic crisis in Austria and so his father …show more content…
The first was a work that Klimt produced for the rich industrialist Nikolaus Dumba. In 1899 he asked Makart, Matsch and Klimt to decorate three rooms in his villa. Klimt was responsible for the music room and he painted music and Shubert at the piano. Klimt, who had previously worked hard to please the public, now acknowledged no standards but his own.
In 1892 Klimt and Matsch were commissioned by the Ministry of Culture and Education to decorate the great hall of the university, representing the four traditional faculties: Theology, Philosophy Jurisprudence and Medicine. Klimt presented Philosophy to the critics and public in general, which were disappointed and offended by this first panel. Klimt provoked new scandals with his allegories of Medicine and Jurisprudence, the second and the third of his paintings for the faculty. Congress conducted a poll and Klimt was incriminated for “pornography” and “excessive perversion”. However, he was not intimidated by the intense opposition. Instead, Klimt painted goldfish. The painting only increased general criticism. It is dominated by a naked female showing her behind to the spectator. It is said that Klimt wanted to call the painting “to my critics” which is easy to
From around 1900 until his death in 1918, Gustav Klimt dominated the art scene in the capital empire of Austro-Hungary.
He was born on July 14, 1962 in Baumgarten, near Vienna. Gustav Klimt was the second of seven children of a meticulous but poor engraver and carver. His brother Ernest, who could have been as talented as Gustav had he not died so young, worked with his brother until death. His brother Georg was a talented sculptor, carver and designer who made many of the frames for Gustav’s paintings. The Klimt’s were very poor, so they had frequent changes in address in search of progressively cheaper accommodation. In 1873, the situation became worse because of the economic crisis in Austria and so his father …show more content…
The first was a work that Klimt produced for the rich industrialist Nikolaus Dumba. In 1899 he asked Makart, Matsch and Klimt to decorate three rooms in his villa. Klimt was responsible for the music room and he painted music and Shubert at the piano. Klimt, who had previously worked hard to please the public, now acknowledged no standards but his own.
In 1892 Klimt and Matsch were commissioned by the Ministry of Culture and Education to decorate the great hall of the university, representing the four traditional faculties: Theology, Philosophy Jurisprudence and Medicine. Klimt presented Philosophy to the critics and public in general, which were disappointed and offended by this first panel. Klimt provoked new scandals with his allegories of Medicine and Jurisprudence, the second and the third of his paintings for the faculty. Congress conducted a poll and Klimt was incriminated for “pornography” and “excessive perversion”. However, he was not intimidated by the intense opposition. Instead, Klimt painted goldfish. The painting only increased general criticism. It is dominated by a naked female showing her behind to the spectator. It is said that Klimt wanted to call the painting “to my critics” which is easy to