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1862 - 1890

Early life and education

Gustav Klimt was born in Baumgarten, near Vienna in Austria-Hungary, the second of seven children - three boys and four girls. All three sons displayed artistic talent early on. Klimt's younger brothers were Ernst Klimt and Georg Klimt. His father, Ernst Klimt the Elder, formerly from Bohemia, was a gold engraver. Ernst married Anna Klimt (née Finster), whose unrealized ambition was to be a musical performer. Klimt lived in poverty for most of his childhood, as work was scarce and economic advancement was difficult for immigrants.

In 1876, Klimt was awarded a scholarship to the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts (Kunstgewerbeschule), where he studied until 1883, and received training as an architectural painter. He revered the foremost history painter of the time, Hans Makart. Klimt readily accepted the principles of a conservative training; his early work may be classified as academic. In 1877 his brother Ernst, who, like his father, would become an engraver, also enrolled in the school. The two brothers and their friend Franz Matsch began working together; by 1880 they had received numerous commissions as a team they called the "Company of Artists", and helped their teacher in painting murals in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. Klimt began his professional career painting interior murals and ceilings in large public buildings on the Ringstraße including a successful series of "Allegories and Emblems".

In 1888, Klimt received the Golden order of Merit from Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria for his contributions to murals painted in the Burgtheater in Vienna. He also became an honorary member of the University of Munich and the University of Vienna. In 1892 both Klimt's father and brother Ernst died, and he had to assume financial responsibility for his father's and brother's families. The tragedies affected his artistic vision as well, and soon he would veer toward a new personal style. In the early 1890s, Klimt met Emilie Flöge, who, notwithstanding the artist's relationships with other women, was to be his companion until the end of his life. Whether his relationship with Flöge was sexual or not is debated, but during that period Klimt fathered at least 14 children.


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References
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In recognition of his intensity, the locals called him "Waldschrat", Forest Demon. Koja, Stephan, et al.: Gustav Klimt Landscapes, page 27. Prestel, 2002.
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Coin Update New Austrian Gold Coin Series “Klimt and His Women” 13 January 2012.


Sources
Hubertus Czernin Die Fälschung: Der Fall Bloch-Bauer und das Werk Gustav Klimts. Czernin Verlag, Vienna 2006. ISBN 3-7076-0000-9 Carl E. Schorske "Gustav Klimt: Painting and the Crisis of the Liberal Ego" in Fin-de-Siècle Vienna: Politics and Culture. Vintage Books, 1981. ISBN 0-394-74478-0 Jane Kallir, Alfred Weidinger: Gustav Klimt. In Search of the Total Artwork. Prestel, New York 2009, ISBN 978-3-7913-4232-0 Julio Vives Chillida. El Beso (Los Enamorados) de Gustav Klimt. Un Ensayo de Iconografía, Lulu.com, junio de 2008, ISBN 978-1-4092-0530-2. Gilles Neret. Gustav Klimt: 1862-1918. Taschen, 1993, 2005. ISBN 978-3-8228-5980-3 Alfred Weidinger. Klimt. Catalogue Raisonné, Prestel, New York, 2007, ISBN 978-3-7913-3764-7

1862 - 1890
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Pictures between 1862 and 1890


Kopfstudie eines Mädchens, nach links geneigt 1879 Porträt eines Mannes mit Bart 1879 Porträt eines Mannes mit Bart im Dreiviertelprofil 1879 Akt eines Mannes 1880 Porträt einer Frau , nach oben blickend 1880 Savoyarden Knabe 1882 Spiegelhaltender Engel und Kind als Dame verkleidet - Mode 1882 Spiegelhaltender Engel und Kind als Dame verkleidet 1882 Alter Mann mit Efeukranz 1883
Bildnis Clara Klimt 1883 Die Fabel 1883 Entwurf für die Reinzeichnung Oper 1883 Entwurf für einen Theatervorhang in Reichenberg 1883 Heitere und Ernste Kunst, Theatervorhang, Stadttheater Reichenberg 1883 Mädchenkopf 1883 Männliche Aktstudie 1883 Männliche Aktstudie 1883 Weibliche Aktstudie 1883
Zwei geflügelte Genien 1883 Dichter und Muse 1884 Idylle 1884 Mädchenkopf im Profil 1884 Waldinneres 1884 Annerl - Brustbild eines kleinen Mädchens nach rechts 1885 Entwurf für 'Die Orgelspielerin' 1885 Genius einem Sänger eine Lorbeerkrone reichend 1885 Hermesvilla, Detail aus dem Arbeitszimmer 1885
Hermesvilla, Detail aus dem Salon 1885 Hermesvilla, Detail aus dem Schlafzimmer 1885 Liegender männlicher Akt 1885 Männerakt mit Stab 1885 Tanzendes Mädchen 1885 Allegorie auf die Vortragskunst 1886 Altar des Dionysos (Detail)  - Deckengemälde im Burgtheater in Wien 1886 Das Theater Shakespeares - Deckengemälde im Burgtheater 1886 Der Tanz 1886
Entwurf für einen Theatervorhang in Karlsbad 1886 Tafelfreuden 1886 Theater in Taormina - Deckengemälde im Burgtheater in Wien 1886 Alter Mann mit Bart und Mütze im verlorenen Profil (Studie für 'Theater Shakespeares' im Burgtheater) 1887 Brustbild eines Mannes im Dreiviertelprofil (Studie für 'Theater Shakespeares' im Burgtheater) 1887 Brustbild eines Mannes mit Mütze (Studie für 'Theater Shakespeares' im Burgtheater) 1887 Knabe im verlorenen Profil (Studie für das 'Theater Shakespeares' im Burgtheater) 1887 Kopf eines aufgestützt liegenden Mannes (Studie für das 'Theater in Taormina' im Burgtheater) 1887 Kopfstudie eines liegenden jungen Mannes, darunter Kopf im verlorenen Profil (Studien für das 'Theater Shakespeares' im Burgtheater) 1887
Kopfstudie eines liegenden Mädchens, zwei Handstudien (Studien für das 'Theater Shakespeares' im Burgtheater) 1887 Liegender weiblicher Akt (Studie für den 'Dionysosaltar' im Burgtheater) 1887 Dame mit violettem Schal 1888 Profil und Rückenansicht eines Herrn mit Theaterglas, Skizze der rechten Hand (Studie für 'Zuschauerraum im alten Burgtheater') 1888 Sappho 1888 Studie für die Deckenbilder im Burgtheater 1888 Thespiswagen - Deckengemälde im Burgtheater in Wien 1888 Zuschauerraum im alten Burgtheater in Wien 1888 Die Allegorie der Skulptur 1889
Ägyptische Kunst (rechte Seite) 1890 Ägyptische Kunst 1890 Altitalienische Kunst 1890 Bildnis des Pianisten und Klavierpädagogen Joseph Pembaur 1890 Florentinische Renaissance 1890 Florentinisches Quattrocento 1890 Griechische Antike - Das Mädchen von Tanagra 1890 Griechische Antike 1890 Italienische Renaissance 1890
Venezianisches Quattrocento 1890 Zwei Mädchen mit Oleander 1890
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