Gustav Klimt
14 July 1862 – 6 February 1918
Gustav Klimt was an Austrian symbolist painter and a leading figure of the Vienna Secession movement. He is best known for his sensuous, gold-leaf 'golden phase' works such as 'The Kiss' and 'Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I'.
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Life events
Gustav Klimt was born the second of seven children to a gold engraver.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe trained in architectural painting at the Kunstgewerbeschule.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHis early commissions for Vienna's grand buildings earned him public acclaim.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe became the first president of the Secession, a movement of avant-garde artists.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe produced the monumental frieze for the Secession's fourteenth exhibition.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe completed the celebrated gold-leaf portrait during his golden phase.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe finished 'The Kiss', which became his most famous work.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgGustav Klimt died after suffering a stroke, at the age of 55.
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