Gustav Klimt. Complete Paintings

Hardback

Main Details

Title Gustav Klimt. Complete Paintings
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Tobias G. Natter
Edited by Tobias G. Natter
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:672
Dimensions(mm): Height 195,Width 140
Category/GenreArt and design styles - c 1800 to c 1900
Individual artists and art monographs
ISBN/Barcode 9783836562904
ClassificationsDewey:759.36
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Taschen GmbH
Imprint Taschen GmbH
Publication Date 20 May 2018
Publication Country Germany

Description

Fall under the spell of Gustav Klimt. Over a century after his death, Viennese artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) still startles with his unabashed eroticism, dazzling surfaces, and artistic experimentation. In this neat, dependable monograph, we gather all of Klimt's paintings alongside authoritative art historical commentary and privileged archival material from Klimt's own archive to trace the evolution of his astonishing oeuvre. With top-quality illustration, including new photography of the celebrated Stoclet Frieze, the book follows Klimt through his prominent role in the Secessionist movement of 1897, his candid rendering of the female body, and his lustrous "golden phase" when gold leaf brought a shimmering tone and texture to such beloved works as The Kiss and Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, also known as The Woman in Gold. About the series Bibliotheca Universalis - Compact cultural companions celebrating the eclectic TASCHEN universe!

Author Biography

Tobias G. Natter is an internationally acknowledged expert on art in "Vienna around 1900." For many years he worked at the Austrian Belvedere Gallery in Vienna, latterly as head curator. He also worked as guest curator at the Tate Liverpool, the Neue Galerie New York, the Hamburger Kunsthalle, the Schirn in Frankfurt am Main, and the Jewish Museum in Vienna. From 2006 to 2011, he directed the Vorarlberg Museum in Bregenz, and from 2011 to 2013 was director of the Leopold Museum in Vienna. In 2014 he founded Natter Fine Arts, which specializes in assessing works of art and developing exhibition concepts. He is the author of TASCHEN's Gustav Klimt. Complete Paintings, Art for All. The Colour Woodcut in Vienna around 1900 and Egon Schiele. The Complete Paintings 1909-1918.

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