Gustav Klimt
Painting, Visual Artist
1862 – 1918
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Who was Gustav Klimt?
Gustav Klimt was an Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. Klimt is noted for his paintings, murals, sketches, and other objets d'art. Klimt's primary subject was the female body; his works are marked by a frank eroticism.
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- Born
- Jul 14, 1862
Baumgarten, Vienna - Also known as
- Klimt
- Parents
- Siblings
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Austrians
- Nationality
- Austrian Empire
- Profession
- Education
- University of Applied Arts Vienna
(1879 - 1883)
- University of Applied Arts Vienna
- Lived in
- Baumgarten, Vienna
- Died
- Feb 6, 1918
Vienna - Resting place
- Hietzinger Cemetery
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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