Austrian Tempera & Oil Signed Gustav Klimt – Lot# 64 – December 20, 2018
Tempera and oil on paper. Featuring an abstract landscape with a surrealist tree. Austrian Symbolist Art Nouveau School, signed Gustav Klimt on the lower left corner. Verso inscribed G.U.9L with stamp. 28.8 x 20.9 cm (11.3 x 8.2 inches). PROVENANCE: Private estate (Toronto, Canada).
Click to view – Lot# 64 – Austrian Tempera & Oil Signed Gustav Klimt – December 20, 2018
Gustav Klimt Life and Impact
Gustav Klimt (Austrian, 1862-1918) is best known for his opulently gilded art nouveau portraits of women that epitomize fin-de-siecle Vienna. His Symbolist pastiches of pale nudes, allegorical gardens and erotic content served as the basis for many American psychedelic poster designs in the 1960s. At the onset of his career, Klimt was supported generously by the Viennese community and received several commissions for murals in theaters and the Museum Kunsthistorisches.
Gustav Klimt’s narrative paintings depicted heavy subjects such as anxiety, doubt, sexuality, and death. However, in later years, he turned toward landscape painting, exploring light and abstract patterns of nature.
Notable works are: Judith and the Head of Holofernes is an oil painting (1901); The Kiss (1907); and Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer (1907), which sold for a record auction price of more than 100 million dollars in 2006.
Auction Overview
Richmond Hill, ON – 381 fresh to market items will be available to the discerning buyers and collectors in 888 Auctions’ December 20 auction featuring the finest in MODERN PAINTINGS, JEWELRY & ASIAN ANTIQUES 2019-12-20. Taking place in the afternoon at 2 PM (EST), bidders will be competing against one another over a variety of items on display.
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