This article is dedicated to today's event. Gustav Klimt would have turned 150 on July 14, 2012. Gustav Klimt is an Austrian artist, born July 14, 1862. Many call him the founder of Austrian modernism. The artist painted mostly women, naked women. In his paintings, there was often frank eroticism.
Klimt's father was also an artist and also a gold engraver. Mother all her life dreamed of becoming a musician, but she never did it. The Klimt family had 8 children, Gustav was born the second.
The childhood of the child was spent in poverty, despite a good profession father. The country was not permanent job and therefore had to endure financial difficulties. Gustav learned to draw from his father, but already in 1876 he entered the arts and crafts school, where his brother also entered in 1877. All three sons of Ernest Klimt became artists in the future.
The brothers worked together for a long time, decorating theaters, various buildings, and museums with frescoes. In 1888, Gustav received a well-deserved award - " Golden cross from Emperor Franz Joseph himself. Everything went well, and things went uphill, but in 1892 Gustav Klimt's father and brother died, and therefore the entire responsibility for providing for the family fell on the artist's shoulders.
Gustav Klimt He wrote a lot, especially when he and his family went to Lake Attersee, and this was quite often. It was here that he made his beautiful landscapes. This is the only genre that interested the artist, where people did not appear. But despite this, many scientists find human figures in Klimt's landscapes, and there is some truth in this.
In 1894, Klimt received one of the major commissions. It was necessary to paint 3 paintings that would decorate the ceiling of the University of Vienna. So, in 1900, "Philosophy", "Medicine" and "Jurisprudence" were born. But society did not accept these paintings, considering them too frank, and therefore they were not exhibited at the university. This was Klimt's last public order.
From the beginning of the 1900s, the so-called " Golden period» artist's work. It was at this time that such paintings as "The Palace of Athena", "Judith" and others were created. At this time, society adequately perceived the works of Klimt, but not only for this reason this period was called golden. In the paintings of the artist, the color of gold, gilding very often prevailed, which was very liked by the fans of his work.
Gustav Klimt led a normal life, worked hard, and at home. He was famous artist, so orders came to him regularly, and he took only interesting ones. Women posed for him with great pleasure, some of them were prostitutes. Klimt said that he was not interested in drawing self-portraits, it was much more exciting to draw other personalities, and even more so women. Gustav claimed that his paintings can tell a lot about him, just look at them carefully.
February 6, 1918 biography of Gustav Klimt ends. He died of pneumonia after suffering a stroke. He was buried in Vienna. Today is the 150th anniversary of the birth of this wonderful artist and this date should not go unnoticed. Well, as we promised at the end of this article, you can watch a video, dedicated to paintings Gustav Klimt.
Gustav Klimt (German) Gustav Klimt; July 14, 1862, Baumgarten, Austrian Empire - February 6, 1918, Vienna, Austria-Hungary) - a well-known Austrian artist, the founder of Art Nouveau in Austrian painting. The main subject of his painting was female body, and most of his works are distinguished by frank eroticism.
Gustav Klimt was born in the Vienna suburb of Baumgarten in the family of the engraver and jeweler Ernest Klimt, was the second of seven children - three boys and four girls. Klimt's father was a native of Bohemia and a gold engraver, his mother, Anna Klimt, nee Finster, tried, but could not become a musician. Most Klimt spent his childhood in poverty, as the economic situation in the country was difficult, and his parents did not have a permanent job. All three sons of Ernest Klimt became artists.
At first, Gustav learned to draw from his father, and then, from 1876, at the Vienna Art and Craft School at the Austrian Museum of Art and Industry (teachers Karl Grakhovina, Ludwig Minnigerode, Michael Rieser), which his brother Ernst also entered in 1877. Gustav Klimt studied there until 1883 and specialized in architectural painting. The model for him during this period was the artist historical genre Hans Makart. Unlike many other young artists, Klimt agreed with the principles of a conservative academic education. Since 1880, Gustav, his brother Ernst and their friend, the painter Franz Mac, worked together, decorating theaters in Reichenberg, Rijeka and Karlovy Vary (cities of the Austro-Hungarian province) with frescoes. In 1885, they worked on the design of the Vienna building "Burgtheater" and the Kunsthistorisches Museum. In 1888, Klimt received an award from Emperor Franz Joseph - the "Golden Cross" for services to art. He also became an honorary member of the Munich and Vienna universities.
In 1892, father and brother Ernst died, and Gustav was financially responsible for the family. In addition, these events left an imprint on his artistic views, and soon he began to develop deeply individual style. In the early 1890s, the artist met Emilia Flöge, who, despite his relationships with other women, remained his companion until the end of his days.
Klimt in 1897 became one of the founders and president of the Vienna Secession and the magazine "Ver Sacrum" (The Rite of Spring), published by the group. He remained with the group until 1908. Initially, the goals of the Secession were to organize exhibitions for young artists who write in an unusual style, to attract the best works foreign artists to Vienna, and popularizing the work of the group members through the publication of a magazine. The group had no manifesto and did not try to develop a unified style: naturalists, realists and symbolists coexisted in it. The government supported their efforts and leased a piece of city land to them to build an exhibition hall. The symbol of the group was Pallas Athena, a symbol of justice, wisdom and art.
From the beginning of the 1890s, Klimt annually rested with the Flöge family on Lake Attersee and painted many landscapes there. The landscape genre was the only non-figurative painting that interested Klimt. Klimt's landscapes are similar in style to his depictions of figures and contain the same design elements. Landscapes of the Attersee are so well nested in the plane of the canvas that it is sometimes assumed that Klimt viewed them through a telescope.
In 1894, Klimt received an order to create three paintings to decorate the ceiling of the large assembly hall of the main building of the University of Vienna on the Ringstrasse. The allegorical paintings "Philosophy", "Medicine" and "Jurisprudence", known as "faculty", were completed by 1900. They were sharply criticized for the subject, which was called "pornographic". Klimt transformed traditional allegories and symbols into new language, With big accent to eroticism, and therefore more annoying to conservative viewers. Dissatisfaction was expressed by all circles - political, aesthetic and religious. As a result, the paintings were not displayed in the main university building. This was the last public order that the artist agreed to complete. After that, the paintings were acquired by patron August Lederer. In the 1930s, the Nazi authorities nationalized Lederer's collection of Klimt's works. At the end of the war, these works were moved to the Immerhof Palace, but in 1945, allied forces entered the area, and the retreating SS troops set fire to the castle. The paintings are dead. All that exists today are scattered preliminary sketches, black and white photographs of three paintings. Bad quality and one color photography Hygiea from Medicine. Its sparkling gold and red colors give an idea of how powerful these three lost works of art looked.
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The name of a famous Austrian artist, graphic artist and book illustrator Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) is inextricably linked with the Art Nouveau style, and his paintings are its most striking manifestation. Klimt was one of the most interesting and sought-after representatives of the world visual arts. He never sought to demonstrate to the public his exclusivity. He worked quietly, calmly, doing only what he considered necessary, and, meanwhile, there were not so many masters in the world who would have been so favored by the public, showered with orders and did not experience financial difficulties. This is one of the mysteries of Klimt. Klimt was born in the family of an engraver and jeweler near Vienna. The father could not achieve prosperity with the help of his craft. The family will come out of poverty only after Gustav, having graduated from the School decorative arts, together with his brother Ernst and friend Franz Match, will create a company for the implementation of artistic and decorative works. Within a few years, while the company existed, Klimt won the fame of the best painter-decorator in Austria. However, the artist was not satisfied with himself, his style. Everything was still ahead. The first features of his unique style appeared for the first time in the murals of the Grand Staircase of the Vienna Kunsthistorisches Museum, created in 1890-1891. In 1897, Klimt headed the Secession, an association of artists created in opposition to official art. In 1900, he began work proposed by the University of Vienna, and presented the painting of one of the plafonds - "Philosophy". It was then that the scandal erupted. On this ceiling, and then on the next - "Medicine" and "Jurisprudence" - the artist violated all the laws of color and composition, combining the incongruous. On his panel, a person appears as a slave of his nature, obsessed with pain, sex and death. Such a Klimt both shocked and fascinated. But the scandal ended with the fact that the artist, having borrowed money, returned the advance to the university, and kept the work for himself. There were so many orders that this allowed him to quickly repay the debt and in the future not to think about money at all. 
The "golden" period in the work of Klimt began. He writes a huge number of paintings, which, having looked once, you will never forget. Whether he paints naked, frankly sensual bodies (“Girlfriends”, “Adam and Eve”) or tension between two lovers (“Love”, “Kiss”, “Rapture”), or portraits of women commissioned (portraits of Sonia Knips, Fritz Ridler, Adele Bloch-Bauer, Eugenia and Meda Primavesi, Frederica Maria Bier) - in any case, a personal vision of the world around and the person in it is manifested. And it's mesmerizing. Here, for example, . On a dais (platform? hill?), strewn with flowers, against the background of darkened gold, two young lovers are depicted, merged in a kiss. The picture shows only the face of a girl and the head of a young man, the hands of embracing young people and the girl's leg, hanging as if over an abyss. But most importantly, both figures are hidden by decorative clothes, decorated with spirals, ovals, circles and others. geometric shapes, so you can’t immediately distinguish the figures hidden under them. The same manner is typical for portraits. real women. There are many of them, Klimt's women. Charming faces, hairstyles, hands, jewelry, but the dresses and the background, as in a magical kaleidoscope, turn into a unique fairy-tale decoration. This is how he saw a person, his beauty, weaknesses, fears and passions. And where it was not, nature remained. The artist painted landscapes for himself. So he rested. Maybe that's why the critics for a long time ignored them. Today it landscape painting recognized the best part his creativity. "Blossoming Garden", "Rustic Garden with Sunflowers", "After the Rain", "Poppies Glade", " Birch Grove are almost realistic. Almost, because a touch of decorativeness is also present in them, making landscapes light, ghostly, airy. Perhaps this is another side of the artist's personality: simplicity, calmness and lightness, which are so lacking in a person with his passions.
Gustav Klimt - the first sign of the "Holy Spring"
Gustav Klimt is one of the founding fathers of the avant-garde, a bold and original artist who left a rich artistic heritage.
All his life, Klimt fought for painters to abandon the academicism of the old school and set off on a journey to new forms, new ideas and new solutions. His painting "Naked Truth" showed a woman holding a mirror. At the bottom of the canvas, the artist placed a quote from Schiller, which could probably serve life credo Klimt: “If you cannot please everyone with your deeds and your art, please few. To be liked by many is evil.
Klimt was born on July 14, 1862 in a suburb of Vienna called Baumgarten. The future painter grew up in a very creative atmosphere: his father was a gold engraver (perhaps it was childhood impressions that so influenced the color preferences of the grown Klimt, because he is known for his attachment to golden, “autumn” shades), and his mother was fond of music and even wanted to become professional musician, but, unfortunately, her dreams never came true. However, they did not have a permanent job, and the family lived in poverty.
All the sons of Klimts were drawn to art and became artists. Ernst and Gustav Klimt entered the arts and crafts school at the Austrian Museum of Art and Industry. Together with their friend Franz Match, they formed a kind of "painting trio" and worked together for some time. In their early works Klimt still adhered to the classical style. Artists decorated many theaters with frescoes - for example, in Reichenberg, Rijeka. In 1885, they worked on the design of the Vienna building "Burgtheater" and the Kunsthistorisches Museum. They also carried out work to decorate the Sturani Palace in Vienna and painted the ceiling of the Mineral Water Pavilion in Karlsbad.
All frescoes are simply magnificent and are made in the best traditions of neoclassicism and imitation. ancient art: This applies to both plots and performance.
After a few joint projects three young artists have saved up enough money to rent a studio. Everything indicated that a bright future awaited them - public recognition, new orders, a growing material well-being. However, a tragedy happened - in 1892 both Gustav's father and his brother Ernst passed away. The artist took upon himself all the cares of his brother's wife and daughter. At the same time, Klimt began a close friendship with Emil Flege, the sister of his sister-in-law. This friendship was very close and lasted until the end of his life: it was Emilia Flege that was captured in Klimt's painting "The Kiss". Admirers of Klimt's work are still arguing about whether there was only friendship between the artist and Emilia, or something more. In any case, they carried this feeling throughout their lives.
Emily was also creative personality- Together with her two sisters, she organized the Fashion House, which was very popular with Viennese society ladies. Klimt actively participated in the work of the House, inventing colors and designs for dresses.
For several years, Klimt still worked with his friend, adhering to the same principles. In 1898, Gustav even received from the hands of Emperor Franz Joseph I the Golden Order of Merit for his contribution to art.
The turning point occurred during the joint work of friends on the design of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. At this point, it just started to take shape. unique style Klimt, and therefore former like-minded people began to work on different pictures- to write, as before, together they could no longer write one work. So them creative union broke up.
In 1897, an event occurred that became milestone not only in the work of Klimt, but also in the work of many of his contemporaries. The artist founded the modernist society "Secession" on the model of the Berlin "Secession", which marked his break with the "old school" - an act largely rebellious, given that by that time he already had something to lose: after all, his work in classical style were rated very highly by the public, he received various awards, gained universal recognition. Klimt, being very smart person, could not help but understand that the path of an innovator is very, very thorny. But he did not change himself, following the path that inspiration suggested to him.
In 1898, the Secession building was erected, above the entrance to which was written: "An era has its own art, art has its own freedom." There were exhibitions of artists - members of the society. Among them were Kokoschka, Hoffmann, Olbrich and many others.
The Secession began publishing the magazine Ver sacrum, Sacred Spring. The journal published the works of members of the society. However, not only artists, but also literary figures took part in the creation of the publication - for example, the famous symbolist poet Rilke.
The final break with non-commercial orders came from Klimt at the moment when he was invited to paint the Great Hall of the University of Vienna. The artist had to complete three paintings that would embody Medicine, Philosophy and Jurisprudence in allegorical form. He created the first in 1900, the rest - by 1903. When Klimt presented Philosophy, a scandal erupted. University professors wrote an indignant letter in which they demanded to withdraw the order from Klimt, accused his painting of both frank eroticism and shamelessness, lack of meaning and mockery of science. After the pundits saw the other two pictures, discontent reached its limit. Klimt did not enter into polemics with them, simply taking the paintings for himself and returning the advance to the customers. Unfortunately, during the Second World War, priceless works of art were lost.
Klimt's only response to the indignation of the professors was a painting, first called "To My Critics", and then renamed "Goldfish". Comments are unnecessary here, it is enough just to see it.
Klimt's style is truly something unprecedented, its formation was completed around 1903, which marked the beginning of the famous "golden period" in the artist's work. It would be wrong to say that Klimt completely departed from the classical canons, rather, he managed to combine or, rather, “fuse” (given Klimt’s love for golden hues) the incompatible: thin, detailed drawing faces and almost complete abstraction in the background. The author, creating his amazing ornaments, drew inspiration from Byzantine mosaics(he met them during his trip to Italy, in Ravenna), in oriental painting and in the beauty of nature. It is worth paying attention to the deliberate "plane" of the image, as well as a kind of "mosaic" angle of view: the characters are written the way they see each other, and not the way they should have been written according to the canons of classical proportions.
In the “golden” period, Klimt created, perhaps, his best works: “The Tree of Life” (which is essentially a triptych from the paintings “Expectation, “Tree of Life” and “Rapture”, this is Klimt’s last monumental work, in which we see the legendary The tree of the world, on the branch of which a black raven sits, is the eternal union of life and death) and, of course, the “Kiss” (on which Klimt depicted himself with his girlfriend Emilia Flege). We see here not only the beauty of the form, but also the wealth of ideas embodied in this form, Klimt the symbolist, who opened the door to the golden abyss of the unconscious. Ornamental elements also have symbolic meaning: squares and triangles are signs of the masculine principle, circles are feminine, spirals are the flow of life, being itself.
We cannot forget that Klimt was a contemporary of Freud, and Freudian ideas, as it turned out, are quite comfortable among the gold leaf. Perhaps that is why the center of the Klimt universe is a woman. And she appears in his work in different incarnations - this is a woman-symbol, a woman-the Universe, a woman-idea, a woman-mystery and a woman-a clue to this mystery, a certain "archetype" behind which many and many generations stand, as well as wisdom and experience accumulated by these generations. This is how a woman appears, for example, in the paintings “Water Snakes” and “Danae”.
But there is another heroine of Klimt's work - this is a beautiful and sensual, but quite real and earthly woman: a woman is a contemporary, a woman is a neighbor. It is emotional, character is visible in it, it is clearly traced - both literally and in figuratively. It is not surprising that such are the ladies with famous portraits Klimt, forever imprinted in history thanks to the skill of the artist. The most famous, of course, are the 4 portraits of Adele Bloch-Bauer ("Judith" I and II, "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer" I and II). The relationship between Klimt and Adele is shrouded in a veil of secrecy. By official version the artist was just a frequent guest of the salon, which Adele kept, and was friends with the Bloch-Bauer millionaires, but there is another one - about the long-term connection between the artist and Adele. Some even argue that supposedly Bloch-Bauer, the deceived husband, conceived a truly sophisticated revenge: he decided to separate the lovers, making them fed up with each other's company. He paid Klimt an astronomical sum and ordered a painting of incredible complexity - "Golden Adele", "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer" -I, believing that during the creation of the work, the artist and the model would get pretty tired of each other. Klimt painted this canvas for 4 years, made more than 100 sketches. Adele began to get sick often, and they were forced to take long breaks between sessions. The picture turned out to be truly majestic - the quintessence of gold in the background, fused with the refined, dark languor of Adele in the foreground. It should be noted the frame into which the canvas is inserted. The uniqueness of the bulk of Klimt's works lies in the fact that at first they made a frame for them, and only then the artist painted the canvas.
This painting has an unusual fate - it passed from owner to owner, during the Second World War it mysteriously disappeared altogether and seemed lost forever, but suddenly appeared in private collection, she was considered a symbol of Austria for many years and was taken to the USA to the only heiress of the Bloch-Bauer family, almost ninety-year-old Maria, Adele's niece - according to the instructions of a mysterious will found in Switzerland. The story is no worse than a detective story, but reality is sometimes more curious than any fiction.
Three other portraits of Adele are slightly less known, but deserve no less attention. The very first of them was "Judith" -I - amazing picture where miraculously intertwined two female images- the legendary beauty from ancient stories and contemporary artist, charismatic, relaxed and fatal. They are so merged that the picture seems to be dual, and this is its charm. Stately posture, look ancient queen- and at the same time a fashionable decoration in the Art Nouveau style around the neck.
Judith II became a real scandal. Many people call this painting “Salome”, apparently seeing the similarity of the plots in the severed head, although, frankly, the symbolism of these two images suggests absolutely the opposite. However, the heroine of the picture, who has more abstract features, in which the features of Adele are not immediately guessed, and the truth does not look pure and proud Judith, obviously positive character. There is too much dark, secret, perhaps even vicious and animal in it - and such an interpretation of the image seemed insanely offensive to critics.
"Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer"-II refers to the late period in the work of Klimt, when he had already moved away from his signature gold, carried away by experiments with color, as well as Eastern culture- ornaments, often of a symbolic nature, stylization of the background as a mosaic or oriental carpet. This period lasted approximately 6-7 years, until the death of the artist in 1918. Adele Bloch-Bauer in this picture is standing in a garden in a hat and seems very young. It is impossible to look away from her piercing gaze.
It should be noted that a short transitional stage between the golden period and the ornamental period was the period of passion for Klimt French painters- Lautrec, Gauguin, Van Gogh and others. This was the reason for the creation of several Parisian-style refined and charming works, for example, the paintings "Lady in a Hat and Boa" and "Lady in a Black Hat".
IN last years Klimt creates works in which he largely departs from the previous canons of his work. There are many colors in them, often disturbing, the feeling of feverish flashes does not leave, which seem to be the result of the fear of not doing it, not being in time. Most of the works have oriental backgrounds. Mostly these are portraits of the author's contemporaries.
It should be noted that landscapes stand apart in Klimt's work. Mostly these were views of Lake Attersee, where the artist traveled almost every summer. They are found in both his early and late works. We can see in the landscapes the evolution of Klimt's entire work, although for some reason they did not become as famous as his other works. Nevertheless, the landscapes, which depict mostly the same places, perfectly convey the transforming author's vision: at first they are closer to the classical canons, but then we see more and more of the author's vision in them, they are filled with autumn colors in the golden period and mosaic variegation at a later stage of creativity.
At the end of his life, Klimt was still inseparable from Emilie Flege, his faithful friend and colleague. The artist died on February 6, 1918 in Vienna. The cause of death was pneumonia, which developed against the background of a stroke. His last words were: "Send for Emilia ..."
Then there were fierce disputes over the inheritance, the grief of inconsolable lovers, the transportation of the author's works from gallery to gallery and even from country to country. But all this is already indifferent, because Gustav managed the main thing - to remain himself and make him fall in love with his work, no matter how "inconvenient" it was for critics and contemporaries. He wanted to please only a few, but a century later, millions of people admire him.
The text was prepared by M. Prokopenya
Biography of Gustav Klimt
Born in the Vienna suburb of Baumgarten on July 14, 1862 in the family of the artist-engraver and jeweler E. Klimt. He studied with his father, and in 1875-1883 - at the school of crafts at the Vienna Austrian Art and Industry Museum. Initially, he was greatly influenced by the art of G. Makart with his pompous neo-baroque historicism. Upon graduation, he worked with his brother Ernst and the artist F. Match, decorating decorative painting theaters of the Austro-Hungarian province (in Reichenberg, Fiume and Carlsbad - Karlovy Vary). Since 1885, they also decorated Viennese buildings (among these works, the picturesque decor of the Burgtheater and the Kunsthistorisches Museum stands out - bright patterns magnificent "Ringstrasse style", as it is customary to call the Viennese historicism of the turn of the century). With the death of his brother Ernst (1892), the team broke up. Increasingly involved in the elements of modernity and, accordingly, in opposition to the academic tradition, Klimt became in 1897 one of the founders of the Vienna Secession, independent of the Academy of Arts (German: Sezession - “falling away”, “separation”) and its first president. Created on his initiative, the "Viennese Workshops" (1903) played important role in a stylistic update of Austrian design. For the exhibition building of the Secession (architects J. Hoffmann and J. Olbrich, 1897), Klimt created the Beethoven Frieze (1901-1902), embodying the themes of the Ninth Symphony. Another milestone decorative work, a cycle of allegorical panels, the so-called. "Faculty paintings" for the University of Vienna (1900-1903; preserved, in different collections, only fragments of the cycle), caused a scandal and was rejected by customers: Klimt's ladies, symbolizing Philosophy and other disciplines, seemed too cutesy and incompatible with the spirit of rigorous science. As an easel painter, Klimt went down in history, primarily for his sharply expressive portraits of women(E. Flöge, 1902, Historical Museum, Vienna; A. Bloch-Bauer, 1907, Gallery of the 19th and 20th centuries, Vienna) and symbolic paintings saturated with dramatic, "fatal" eroticism (Judith 1, 1901, Austrian gallery in Belvedere, Vienna; The Kiss, 1907–1908, ibid.; Salome, 1909, International Museum contemporary art, Venice; Danae, 1910, Welz Gallery, Salzburg). At first, he reinforced this “Dionysian” drama with golden backgrounds, then with large color patterns, from the shimmering elements of which, as if from the elements of the floor, shimmering figures were born. He was also a master of ornamental and colorful landscapes (Park, 1910, Museum of Modern Art, New York). His last major monumental work was the decoration of the Stoclet Palace in Brussels (1911). Leaving the Secession in 1906, he founded a new Union Austrian artists, supporting innovative artists at his exhibitions, in particular O. Kokoshka and E. Schiele. Only by 1917 did he win full official recognition, becoming an honorary professor at the Vienna and Munich academies. Klimt died in Vienna on February 6, 1918.
Chronology of the life of Gustav Klimt
July 14 in Baumgarten, near Vienna, Gustav Klimt was born. He was the second of seven children of the engraver Ernst Klimt and his wife Anna née Finster.
Gustav Klimt enters the School of Industrial Art in Vienna, where he studied until 1883 under the guidance of Ferdinand Laufberger and Julius Viktor Berger.
Klimt's younger brother, Ernst, also becomes a student at the School of Industrial Art. They collaborate by painting portraits from photographs and selling them for 6 guilders.
Together with their friend Franz Match, Gustav and Ernst Klimt performed decorative works to decorate the courtyard of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.
Three young people receive major commissions: four allegorical paintings for the ceiling of the Sturani Palace in Vienna; ceiling of the pavilion of mineral waters in Carlsbad (Czech Republic).
The interior decoration, made according to the drawings of Hans Makart, Hermes Palace, the favorite country residence of Empress Elizabeth.
While working on the Burgtheater, Klimt's style develops in a new direction, clearly different from the style of his comrades. Klimt departs from academicism; each of the three artists works independently.
Klimt receives from the hands of Emperor Franz Joseph I the Golden Order of Merit for his contribution to art.
Staircase painting in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. Klimt receives the Imperial Prize (400 guilders) for his painting The Hall of the Old Burgtheater in Vienna.
Klimt's father, as well as later the artist himself, dies of a stroke. Death of Klimt's brother, Ernst.
The Ministry of Culture refuses to approve the appointment of Klimt as a professor at the Academy of Arts.
Klimt and Match are commissioned to create paintings for the walls and ceiling of the Great Hall of the University of Vienna.
Klimt receives first prize in Antwerp for his theater set design in Totis (Hungary).
Official rebellion: Klimt is the founder of the Secession and President-elect. He spends the summer with his companion, Emilia Flöge, in the Kammer area on the Attersee lake: first landscapes.
Composition for the first exhibition of the "Secession"; The Secession founds the journal Ver Sacrum.
The painting "Philosophy", rejected at the "Secession" exhibition by 87 professors, receives gold medal on world exhibition in Paris.
Continuation of the scandal at the exhibition "Secession": Klimt's painting "Medicine" becomes the subject of discussion in the Ministry of Education.
Meeting with Auguste Rodin, who admired the Beethoven Frieze.
Trip to Venice, Ravenna and Florence. The beginning of the "golden period". The paintings painted for the Great Hall of the University of Vienna are transferred, despite Klimt's protest, to the Austrian Gallery. Retrospective of Klimt's work
V exhibition building"Secession".
Klimt draws sketches for the wall mosaics of the Stoclet Palace in Brussels, made at the School of Industrial Art in Vienna.
Klimt buys paintings from the Ministry, written for the University of Vienna. He and his friends leave the Secession.
Klimt meets the young Egon Schiele. Picasso writes The Maidens of Avignon.
16 paintings are exhibited at the exhibition. National Gallery contemporary
Art in Rome acquires Three Ages of Woman, Austrian Gallery in Vienna -
"Kiss".
Beginning of work on the "Frieze Stoclet". A trip to Paris, where Klimt discovers the work of Toulouse-Lautrec and Fauvism with great interest. Van Gogh, Munch, Toorop, Gauguin, Bonnard, t Matisse are presented at the exhibition.
"Death and Life" wins first prize at the World Exhibition in Rome. Klimt
visits Rome, Florence, Brussels, London and Madrid.
Klimt replaces the background of "Death and Life" with blue (in the manner of Matisse).
Criticism of Klimt's work by expressionists.
Death of Klimt's mother. The artist's palette becomes darker, and his landscapes become more monochrome.
Klimt, together with Egon Schiele, Kokoschka and Feistauer, takes part in the exhibition of the Union of Austrian Artists organized by the Berlin Secession. The death of Emperor Franz Joseph I, two years before the collapse of the empire and the death of Klimt himself.
Start of work on The Bride and Adam and Eve. Klimt was elected an honorary member of the Vienna and Munich Academies of Art.
On February 6, after being struck, Klimt dies, leaving many paintings unfinished. End of an empire; foundation in the territory former empire Republic of Austria and six other republics. Death of Egon Schiele, Otto Wagner, Ferdinand Hodler, Koloman Moser...
When creating the chronology, materials from the book "Klimt" by Gilles Nere (Publishing House Tachen / Art Spring, 2000) were used
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