KEY HIGHLIGHTS ● Nationality was Austrian ● Considered a Symbolist Painter, Art Nouveau and Vienna Secession period artist • Vienna Secession Period: 1895 – 1920; Graphic Arts
● Noted for his paintings, murals, sketches and other objects d’art. ● Studied art at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts • His work was considered very academic at first
● Begins painting what he is best known for in the late 1800s/early 1900s. ● He was and is a very popular painter, but had no real impact on the world of painting and art.
GOLDEN PHASE ● Adele Bloch-Bauer – sold for $135M in 2006 ● Klimt used gold leaf in his paintings ● He used a lot of costumes on his subjects