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His Life
Оглавление“I am not interested in myself as a subject for painting, but in others, particularly women…”
Tree of Life (detail), c.1905–1909.
Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna.
Beautiful, sensuous, and, above all, erotic, Gustav Klimt’s paintings speak of a world of opulence and leisure, which seems eons 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, profoundly influenced by the art of Japan, ancient Egypt, and Byzantine Ravenna, the flat, two-dimensional perspective of his paintings, and the frequently stylized quality of his images form an œuvre imbued with a profound sensuality and one where the figure of woman, above all, reigns supreme.
