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The Kiss (German: Der Kuss) is an oil-on-canvas painting with added gold leaf, silver and platinum by the Austrian Symbolist painter Gustav Klimt. It was painted at some point in 1907 and 1908, during the height of what scholars call his "Golden Period".
Austrian artist Gustav Klimt is known for his masterpiece: "The Kiss." It is a shimmering and beloved sample of his Golden Period, which we explore. How much do you know about The Kiss?
The Kiss, 1907 by Gustav Klimt. The Kiss is Klimt's most popular work and visitors flock annually to see it in Vienna's Austrian Gallery. At a remarkable 72in x 72in (180cm x 180cm), its powerful presence resounds from the wall as the life-size figures, wrapped in gold, embrace. In 1903, Klimt traveled twice to Ravenna, where he saw the mosaics ...
Jun 3, 2024 · The Kiss is an oil and gold painting on canvas by Gustav Klimt that was completed in 1908. It is considered to be one of the best paintings of the Vienna Sezession and is perhaps the most popular of Klimt’s works.
Gustav Klimt's masterpiece, The Kiss, is a large, gold-filled painting that evokes a sense of spiritual transcendence. The use of gold and patterns suggests Byzantine influences. The painting abstracts a universal experience, the kiss, from the anxieties of everyday life.
The painting "The Kiss" from 1908/09 is undoubtedly Klimt's best-known work today. A pair of lovers, kneeling on a flower meadow and wearing lavish golden robes, seem to be floating before an...
The Kiss (Lovers) by Gustav Klimt is the most famous Austrian painting and the highlight of the permanent collection at the Upper Belvedere. It shows a couple swathed in richly embellished robes embracing in a meadow of flowers on the brink of a precipice.
“The Kiss”, probably the most popular work by Gustav Klimt, was first exhibited in 1908 at the Kunstschau art exhibition on the site of today’s Konzerthaus. The Ministry bought it from there for...
Jul 4, 2024 · The Kiss by Klimt. The official colours of Vienna are red and white. The unofficial ones are the black and gold colours of Gustav Klimt’s The Kiss: a truly iconic painting and the city’s greatest art treasure. Klimt’s famous work, created 1907-1908. Painting’s past is surprisingly uneventful.
