Gustav Klimt werd geboren op 14 juli 1862 en stief in Wenen op 6 februari 1918. Hij was een Oostenrijkse symbolistische schilder en een van de meest prominente leden van de Wiener Sezession, de Weense jugendstilbeweging. 

Klimt werd geboren in de buurt van Wenen in een armoedig gezin. Zijn vader was goudgraveerder. Misschien heeft dit Klimt beïnvloed bij zijn gebruik van goud in zijn schilderijen. In zijn begintijd werd het werk van Klimt niet gewaardeerd door de gevestigde orde, die zijn schilderijen pornografisch vond. Om zich af te zetten tegen de traditionele opvattingen richtte Klimt de Wiener Secession op, de Oostenrijkse variant van de jugendstil of de modern style. Gustav Klimts werk bestaat vooral uit schilderijen, maar hij heeft ook muurschilderingen, tekeningen en collages vervaardigd.

Klimt

I am not interested in myself as a subject for painting, but in others, particularly womenBeautiful, sensuous and above all erotic, Gustav Klimt's paintings speak of a world of opulence and leisure, which seems aeons away from the harsh, post-modern environment we live in now. The subjects he treats allegories, portraits, landscapes and erotic figures  contain virtually no reference to external events, but strive rather to create a world where beauty, above everything else, is dominant. His use of colour and pattern was profoundly influenced by the art of Japan, ancient Egypt, and Byzantium. Ravenne, the flat, two-dimensional perspective of his paintings, and the frequently stylised quality of his images form an oeuvre imbued with a profound sensuality and one where the figure of woman, above all, reigns supreme. Klimt's very first works brought him success at an unusually young age. Gustav, born in 1862, obtained a state grant to study at Kunstgewerbeschule (the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts) at the age of fourteen. His talents as a draughtsman and painter were quickly noticed, and in 1879 he formed the Künstlercompagnie (Artists' Company) with his brother Ernst and another student, Franz Matsch. The latter part of the nineteenth century was a period of great architectural activity in Vienna. In 1857, the Emperor Franz Joseph had ordered the destruction of the fortifications that had surrounded the medieval city centre. The Ringstrasse was the result, a budding new district with magnificent buildings and beautiful parks, all paid for by public expenses. Therefore the young Klimt and his partners had ample opportunities to show off their talents, and they received early commissions to contribute to the decorations for the pageant organised to celebrate the silver wedding anniversary of the Emperor Franz Joseph and the Empress Elisabeth. In 1894, Matsch moved out of their communal studio, and in 1897 Klimt, together with his closest friends, resigned from the Künstlerhausgenossenschaft (the Cooperative Society of Austrian Artists) to form a new movement known as the Secession, of which he was immediately elected president. The Secession was a great success, holding both a first and second exhibition in 1898. The movement made enough money to commission its very own building, designed for it by the architect Joseph Maria Olbrich. Above the entrance was its motto: To each age its art, to art its freedom. From around 1897 onward, Klimt spent almost every summer on the Attersee with the Flge family. These were periods of peace and tranquillity in which he produced the landscape paintings constituting almost a quarter of his entire oeuvre. Klimt made sketches for virtually everything he did. Sometimes there were over a hundred drawings for one painting, each showing a different detail  a piece of clothing or jewellery, or a simple gesture. Just how exceptional Gustav Klimt was is perhaps reflected in the fact that he had no predecessors and no real followers. He admired Rodin and Whistler without slavishly copying them, and was admired in turn by the younger Viennese painters Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka, both of whom were greatly influenced by Klimt.

Alfons Mucha ist der ungekrönte König der Jugendstil-Illustration. Für viele Menschen sind Muchas überirdisch schöne, von floralen Ornamentgeflechten umgegebene Frauen, die erste Assoziation mit der beliebten Kunstrichtung der Wende zum 20. Jahrhundert. Muchas Kunst, die sich über die Jahrzehnte immer wieder neuer Beliebtheit erfreuen durfte, ist vor allem seit den 1960er Jahren nicht mehr aus dem Sortiment von Plakat- und Reproduktionsanbietern wegzudenken. Das vorliegende Werk bemüht sich nicht nur darum, einen umfassenden Überblick über Muchas Schaffen zu geben, sondern auch, dem Mann hinter der Kunst gerecht zu werden: seinem Leben, seiner Entwicklung als Künstler und seinem leidenschaftlichen Patriotismus für sein Vaterland, der damaligen Tschechoslowakei.

Alfons Mucha

Les portraits, les nus et les natures mortes de Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980) résument l'esprit Art déco et Jazz Age. Ils reflètent le style de vie élégant et hédoniste d'une élite fortunée et glamour dans le Paris de l'entre-deux-guerres. Combinant une formidable technique classique et des éléments empruntés au cubisme, Tamara de Lempicka représente à l'époque le summum de la modernité, tout en s'inspirant de grands maîtres portraitistes comme Bronzino et Ingres. Ce livre célèbre la beauté rationnelle de ses meilleurs travaux réalisés entre 1920 et 1930. Il retrace l'histoire de la vie extraordinaire de cette femme séductrice et talentueuse du début du siècle en Pologne et dans la Russie des tsars, ainsi que celle de ses années glorieuses à Paris et de ses longues années de déclin aux Etats-Unis jusqu'à sa redécouverte triomphante dans les années 70, lorsque ses portraits devenaient des icônes emblématiques mondialement connues.

Tamara de Lempicka et oeuvres d'art

Egon Schiele (1890-1918) é um artista incontornável do Expressionismo.

Influenciado por Klimt e a Secessão Vienense, ele desliga-se ainda muito jovem da arte oficial austríaca. Nervoso, os seus numerosos trabalhos de nús e auto-retratos são fiéis à imagem deste grande artista: eróticos, sensuais e torturados.

Graças ao seu texto e às obras que o ilustram, esta obra transmite-nos todo o talento deste artista que morreu subitamente em 1918.

Schiele

From the Antiquity to the 20th century, this sculpture collection offers a truly original vision of Western art. Here are the most sensual and harmonious masterworks to the most provocative and minimalist sculptures. Sculpture shapes the world and our concept of beauty, leaving everlasting silhouettes and always creating new intriguing ones. These masterworks are the mirror of an era, of an artist and his public and through this sculpture gallery, one visits not only the history of art, but history as a whole. Between the acclaimed ideals of beauty and the most controversial works, 1000 Sculptures of Genius will give you a true panoramic view of Western sculpture. Along with numerous references, comments on masterworks, and biographies, this work enables the reader to rediscover the Western world heritage and is the perfect guide for art students and statuary lovers.

1000 Sculptures of Genius

Alfons Mucha und Kunstwerke

Born in 1860 in a small Czech town, Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) was an artist on the forefront of Art Nouveau, the modernist movement that swept Paris in the 1910s, marking a return to the simplicity of natural forms, and changing the world of art and design forever. In fact, Art Nouveau was known to insiders as the "Mucha style" for the legions of imitators who adapted the master's celebrated tableaux. Today, his distinctive depictions of lithe young women in classical dress have become a pop cultural touchstone, inspiring album covers, comic books, and everything in between. Patrick Bade and Victoria Charles offer readers an inspiring survey of Mucha's career, illustrated with over one hundred lustrous images, from early Parisian advertisements and posters for Sandra Bernhardt, to the famous historical murals painted just before his death, at the age of 78, in 1939.

Alphonse Mucha and artworks

Az e-könyv a Kossuth Kiadó által nyomtatásban megjelentetett nagysiker? Világhíres fest?k cím? sorozat azonos cím? kötetének szöveganyagát tartalmazza, az illusztrációk nélkül. "Hogy mely témák foglalkoztatnak a festészetben? Az önarcképkészítés semmiképpen. A többi ember, és közöttük is f?leg a n?k..." - vallotta Gustav Klimt, akinek képei egészen sajátos, varázslatos hangulatot teremtenek. E mélységesen érzéki, erotikus festmények az élvezetek és a fény?zés világába ragadják el szemlél?jüket, távol a posztmodern világ ridegségét?l, egy vonzó, idealizált képzeletbeli tájra. A környezetre szinte semmilyen jel nem utal, hogy akár csak egy pillanatra is kizökkentsen bennünket a fest? által teremtett arc- és tájképek, allegóriák hermetikusan zárt világából. A keleti civilizációk ihlette színek és formák - Klimt a japán, az ókori egyiptomi és a bizánckori Ravenna m?vészetének rajongója volt - egy kétdimenziós térbe ágyazódnak, amely mögött nincsenek perspektivikus távlatok. E stilizált, zárt és megbonthatatlan egységet létrehozó képi világ központjában valóban a n?i test csodája áll a maga érzékiségében és szentségében.

Klimt

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