Gustav Klimt Books

Explores the turn-of-the-century Viennese painter's life and work, highlights the utopian Seccession movement of which Klimt was a leader, and reproduces the artist's paintings, sketches, and correspondence

Gustave Klimt (1862-1918) was one of the most brilliant artists of the Austrian avant-garde. Admired for his sensual images of women and for his powerful and original vision, he produced some of the most haunting and evocative images of all time, including The Kiss , Love and The Three Ages of Woman , all of which are included in this perfect introduction to the artist’s work.Klimt started out as a decorator, opening a studio with his brother Ernst. Some of his most famous commissions were for murals, including the magnificent Beethoven Frieze, painted for the exhibition of Max Klinger’s statue of Beethoven, and the monumental ceiling paintings for the auditorium of Vienna University, which shocked a conservative public. A founder of Vienna Secession, the band of artists who resigned from the established art bodies to form their own group, Klimt became the principal painter of the Art Nouveau movement, painting glittering portraits of fashionable Viennese society as well as

Gustav Klimt (1862–1918) the famous Austrian Jugendstil artist made a lasting impact on the period of Vienna 1900 which continues to fascinate and resonate today. Klimt has made his mark especially on fin-de-siècle Vienna together with his fellow artists, among them Josef Hoffmann, Kolo Moser, Otto Wagner and Joseph Maria Olbrich. Away from the metropolis Vienna, Klimt derived important inspiration from the landscape surrounding the Attersee during his summer holidays between 1900 and 1916, creating more than 40 of his almost 50 known landscapes here. Comparable to Paul Cézanne’s Aix en Provence, Claude Monet’s Giverny and Egon Schiele’s Krumau, the Attersee was a place of unique artistic activity for the artist. The publication series Edition Klimt published by the Klimt Foundation sheds light on select artistic and personal milestones in the life and oeuvre of the Austrian Jugendstil artist. The second volume of this series is dedicated to the artist’s preferred holiday destination Attersee, offering insights into Klimt’s discovery of the Attersee as a refuge for the obligatory Sommerfrische and illustrating the artist’s ambivalent longing to be there by means of numerous paintings, unique documents, photographs and correspondence.

"Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) remains one of the most popular artists of the early 20th century. Published to accompany a major exhibition at Tate Liverpool, a highlight of that city's 2008 Capital of Culture celebrations and the first such show in the UK, Gustav Klimt explores the life and work of an intriguing figure at the heart of the cultural transformation of Vienna around 1900." "Central to the book is the first thorough examination of the relationship between Klimt's paintings and the work of his close friend the architect and designer Josef Hoffmann. Reaching beyond the two-dimensional arts, it hails the advent of an all-inclusive design culture that embraced interiors, furniture, clothing and jewellery. Essays by leading scholars and curators consider key works, events and developments: the founding of the Viennese Secession, the inaugural display of the Beethoven Frieze, and a series of collaborative ventures in the creation of total domestic environments for the pursuit of 'modern life', among them the Villa Waerndorfer in Vienna and the Villa Primavesi in rural northern Moravia. In addition, Klimt is assessed as both an accomplished erotic draughtsman and a seductive landscape painter."--Jacket

Selected drawings of the female form by the foremost representative of the turn-of-the-century Austrian Secessionsstil group

Erotik, Sinnlichkeit und Spontaneität zeichnen die Arbeiten von Gustav Klimt aus. Dabei stehen 220 Gemälden etwa 4000 Zeichnungen gegenüber, in denen sich die ganze ästhetische Spannbreite seines künstlerischen Schaffens entfaltet. Anlässlich Klimts 100. Todestags erscheint der beliebte Band mit erotischen Zeichnungen des Künstlers als attraktiver Geschenkbuchklassiker für Kunstfreunde und Klimt-Liebhaber in einer zweisprachigen Sonderausgabe. Das Buch zeigt die schönsten erotischen Zeichnungen und Aquarelle in einer reizvollen Ausstattung, mit der es dem ursprünglichen Skizzenbuch des Künstlers sehr nahe kommt.

Long considered Gustav Klimt's most popular work, "The Kiss" was painted between 1907 and 1908. Now, the Austrian Symbolist's golden and glorious masterpiece can be taken everywhere you go with this pocket-sized notebook. Jot down web addresses, phone numbers, great ideas, and more: it also makes the perfect little sketchbook. Includes 64 blank pages.

- Collection of expertly printed wrapping papers, using art from the best art, past and present, in a big format paperback book - Brightly printed pages folded into a convenient book for bookshelf display and easy storage - 12 sheets of full-color wrapping paper sheets - Each sheet is perforated for easy removal from binding - Book measures 33 x 24.8 cm (13 x 9.8 inches) - Wrapping paper sheets measure: 66 x 49 cm (26 x 19.6 inches) full size, 33 x 24.8 cm folded (13 x 9.8 inches) - 1 page of adhesive labels included A collection of expertly printed wrapping papers, using art from the best art, past and present, in a big format paperback book. Reprinted on nice big format paper, Golden is a collection of celebrated works by Gustav Klimt we feel are so decorative and gorgeous. We are bringing his excellent fine art to your gifts and craft projects. Find more Klimt titles including Sketchbook, A5 Notebook, Small Bullet Journal, QuickNotes and more to match.