Gustav Klimt: From Drawing to Painting ~ Hardback ~ Christian M. Nebehay

Gustav Klimt is perhaps the most remarkable artist to have emerged from fin-de-siecle Vienna. First President of the Vienna Secession influenced by Symbolism and Art Nouveau, he developed a controversial personal style emphasizing decorative form and flat pattern, and conveying a powerful yet mysterious sexuality. Christian Nebehay, a leading Klimt scholar who knew the artist personally, places the artist in the context of his society. The best of his abundant sketches and the paintings which they preceded are brought together in this volume, juxtaposed to allow comparison. Newspapers and contemporary photographs, as well as new sources, provide additional information. Klimt exercised a critical influence on art at the turn of the century, both in himself and through his pupils Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka. Based on the latest research, this is a presentation of his paintings, his sketches, and of the extraordinary milieu which fostered his gift.Table of ContentsThe Klimt brothers and the Floge family; Gustav Klimt and Emperor Franz Joseph I; the foundation of the Secession 1897; the university paintings 1894-1907 - art, scandal and literary controversy; Gustav Klimt as illustrator - the journal "Ver Sacrum"; Gustav Klimt and Hermann Bahr; Gustav Klimt and Max Klinger, 1902; the 14th Secession exhibition and Gustav Klimts "Beethoven" frieze, 1902; Auguste Rodin's visit to Vienna, 1902; Gustav Klimt and Ferdinand Hodler, 1904; Gustav Klimt and Peter Altenberg; Gustav Klimt and Josef Hoffmann; Gustav Klimt, Fritz Waerndorfer and the Primavesi family; the Stoclet frieze, 1905-1911; the withdrawal of the Klimt group from the Secession and the Kunstschau exhibitions in 1908 and 1909; Gustav Klimt as the sponsor of young talent; Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele; Gustav Klimt and Sonja Knips; Gustav Klimt and the Lederer family; Gustav Klimt's collectors - Karl Wittgenstein, the Zuckerkandl family, the Bohler brothers and the Bloch-Bauers; Gustav Klimt and the art dealers; Gustav Klimt and Emilie Floge; Gustav Klimt, Alma Mahler-Werfel and Carl Moll; Gustav Klimt and his professional models; Gustav Klimt and Maria Zimmermann; Gustav Klimt's son Gustav Ucicky.