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GUSTAV KLIMT - THE KISS
Gustav
Klimt, Public
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Wikimedia Commons
Lovers' embrace
1907–1908 |
- 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.'
- It was exhibited in 1908 under the
title Liebespaar (the lovers) as stated in the catalogue of the exhibition.
- The painting depicts a couple embracing each other, their bodies entwined in elaborate robes decorated in a style influenced by the contemporary Art Nouveau style and the organic forms of the earlier Arts and Crafts movement.
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ove, intimacy, and sexuality are common themes found in Gustav Klimt's works.[citation needed] The Stoclet Frieze and the Beethoven Frieze are such examples of Klimt's focus on romantic intimacy. Both works are precursors to The Kiss and feature the recurring motif of an embracing couple.
(Wikipedia)
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