Gustav Klimt

Gustav Klimt (July fourteen, 1862 – Feb vi, 1918) was AN Austrian symbolist painter and one amongst the foremost distinguished members of the capital of Austria Secession movement. painter is noted for his paintings, murals, sketches, and alternative art objects. Klimt's primary subject was the feminine body; his works square measure marked by a frank eroticism. Gustav Klimt was born in Baumgarten, close to capital of Austria in geographic region, the second of seven children—three boys and 4 women. His mother, Pakistani monetary unit painter (née Finster), had AN unfulfilled ambition to be a musical entertainer. His father, Ernst painter the Elder, erst from geographic region, was a gold engraver. All 3 of their sons displayed inventive talent timely. {klimt|Klimt|Gustav painter|painter}'s younger brothers were Ernst Klimt and Georg Klimt. painter lived in impoverishment whereas attending the capital of Austria faculty of Arts and Crafts (Kunstgewerbeschule), wherever he studied field of study painting till 1883. He revered Vienna's foremost history painter of the time, Hans Makart. painter without delay accepted the principles of a conservative training; his early work is also classified as tutorial. In 1877 his brother, Ernst, who, like his father, would become AN engraver, conjointly registered within the faculty. the 2 brothers and their friend, Franz Matsch, began operating along and by 1880 they'd received various commissions as a team that they known as the "Company of Artists". They conjointly helped their teacher in painting murals within the Kunsthistorisches repository in capital of Austria. painter began his skilled career painting interior murals and ceilings in massive public buildings on the Ringstraße, together with a undefeated series of "Allegories and Emblems".