Gustav Klimt Oil Painting | Hand-painted Gustav Klimt Paintings Art Reproduction on canvas SALE

Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862 – February 6, 1918) was an Austrian Symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. His major works include paintings, murals, sketches, and other art objects. Klimt's primary subject was the female body, and his works are marked by a frank eroticism—nowhere is this more apparent than in his numerous drawings in pencil.

Gustav Klimt oil painting founded an art movement called Secession in Austria. He was its president from 1897 until 1905. One of his most famous paintings, the Kiss painting, is a noteworthy example of the Secession Art Nouveau movement. Born the son of a Viennese engraver, Gustav Klimt studied art at the Vienna School of Decorative Arts. He and his brother Ernst as well as another fellow graduate opened their own art studio in 1882. Here they specialized in murals, making a lot of money painting for museums, theaters and other public facilities.

Gustav Klimt was a very ornamental artist, as evidenced by his exquisite Expectation, Fulfillment, the Kiss Gustav Klimt and The Virgin – magnificent Reproductions paintings. He and the other Secessionist painters favored contours and organic lines in their paintings. Gold and silver are prominently displayed Gustav Klimt oil paintings, certainly an influence of his father who engraved those two metals. Most of Gustav Klimt’s works were considered scandalous, because they were erotic, sexual and contained nudes. The Kiss, for which he is best known, was first displayed in 1908 and, while much admired, was still considered highly controversial.

Traditional canvas paintings were uncommon for Gustav Klimt’s painting work. He primarily painted murals, designed posters and illustrated magazines. In 1900 he was commissioned for the next three years by Vienna University to create ceiling murals using not only paints but also glass, metal and ceramics. In 1905 Gustav Klimt’s painting life took another new turn, and his work turned to jewelry and fashion. Klimt continued painting landscapes and portraits of private patrons of the Vienna elite until his death in 1918. Recently, a Gustav Klimt portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer from that era was sold for a record $135 million, the highest sum ever paid for a painting.