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Portrait of Hermine Gallia
Gustav Klimt1904
The National Gallery, London
London, United Kingdom
The sitter is Hermine Gallia, née Hamburger (1870 - 1936). In 1893 she married her uncle, Moritz Gallia, a government adviser who became a leading patron of the arts. In this painting she wears a dress designed by Klimt.
Numerous drawings exist for the composition of this work, and several alterations are visible to the naked eye, much of the figure's contour having been altered. In 1903 the painting was shown in an unfinished state in the Klimt-Kollective exhibition.
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Details
- Title: Portrait of Hermine Gallia
- Creator: Gustav Klimt
- Date Created: 1904
- Physical Dimensions: 170.5 x 96.5 cm
- Type: Painting
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- School: Austrian
- More Info: Explore the National Gallery’s paintings online
- Inventory number: NG6434
- Artist Dates: 1862 - 1918
- Artist Biography: Klimt was born in Baumgarten near Vienna, he studied at the art school there, and received official commissions in Vienna until 1897. He was the first President of the Vienna Secession, a modernist movement characterised by decorative line and respect for the two- dimensionality of the painted surface. He left the movement in 1904. Klimt was the leading Viennese painter of the early 20th century, and influenced, amongst others, Egon Schiele. He was also important as a designer of architecture, furniture and costume.
- Acquisition Credit: Bought, 1976
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