Gustav Klimt Quotes

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True relaxation, which would do me the world of good, does not exist for me.

Gustav Klimt

There is nothing that special to see when looking at me. I'm a painter who paints day in day out, from morning till evening - figure pictures and landscapes, more rarely portraits.

Gustav Klimt

After tea it's back to painting - a large poplar at dusk with a gathering storm. From time to time instead of this evening painting session I go bowling in one of the neighbouring villages, but not very often.

Gustav Klimt

Gustav Klimt

Gustav Klimt

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Born: July 14, 1862

Died: February 6, 1918 (aged 55)

Bio: Gustav Klimt was an Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. Klimt is noted for his paintings, murals, sketches, and other objets d'art.

Known for:

The Kiss (1908)
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (1907)
Danaë (1908)
The Three Ages of Woman (1905)
Beethoven Frieze (1902)

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