![]() In 1886, the painters were asked to decorate the Viennese Burgtheater, effectively recognizing them as the foremost of decorators ofĪustria. Retreat, the Villa Hermes near Vienna (Midsummer Night's Dream). In 1885, they were commissioned to decorate the Empress Elizabeth's country Their skill and decorated theaters throughout the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and much of their work can still be seen there. Already by the 1880s, they were renowned for The trio specialized in interior decoration, particularly theaters. Team they called the "Company of Artists", and helped their teacher in painting murals in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.Īfter finishing his studies, Klimt opened a studio together with Matsch and Ernst Klimt. The two brothers and their friend Franz Matsch began working together by 1880 they had received numerous commissions as a Like his father, would become an engraver, also enrolled in the school. Klimt readily accepted the principles of a conservative training his early work may be classified as academic. He revered theįoremost history painter of the time, Hans Makart. In 1876, Klimt was awarded a scholarship to the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts (Kunstgewerbeschule), where he studied until 1883, and received training as an architectural painter. The painter would have to support his family financially throughout his life. His father, Ernst Klimt, worked as an engraver and goldsmith, earning very little,Īnd the artist's childhood was spent in relative poverty. Gustav Klimt was born in Vienna, in 1862, into a lower middle-class family of Moravian origin. ![]() Womand in Black Feather Hat Drawing by Gustav Klimt.Upper Austrian Farmhouse by Gustav Klimt.Malcesine on Lake Garda by Gustav Klimt. ![]() Schloss Kammer on Attersee II by Gustav Klimt.Avenue of Schloss Kammer Park by Gustav Klimt. ![]()
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