Schloss Kammer on Lake Attersee III

"From 1900 to 1916, Gustav Klimt spent several weeks each year on the Attersee in the lakes region of Upper Austria. In the summer of 1908, Klimt and the Flöge family rented Villa Oleander in Kammer near Schörfling, and spent each of their summer months there until 1912. The villa on the lake offered a charming view of Schloss Kammer. The relatively simple fortified castle building from the 17th century is located on one of the peninsulas protruding into the lake. Klimt captured the castle in painting form in five scenes, each painted from different points of view. This castle scene from the summer of 1909 or 1910 was painted by the master artist from the opposite shore of the lake. It is clear that this large painting could not have been created on an unstable rowboat, as the huge canvas would have surely fallen over in the weakest of winds. Klimt did not even allow himself to take any liberties with the reality of a scene. Rather, he tended to place his motifs on the canvas with photo-realistic precision. Therefore, the original sites where his paintings were created can still be precisely determined today.
All of Klimt's landscapes are strictly static compositions. Not only are there no people, but changes in climate, such as the wind or rain, were all but banished from later landscapes. The paintings instead house their own artistic worlds that appear to consist only of light and color. Klimt placed special value on the formal composition of his landscapes. Each detail plays an important role. It was no accident that Klimt used the square picture format for nearly all his landscapes. This format is due to the square frame Klimt frequently used when looking for suitable motifs. Many landscapes are unique excerpts as a consequence of this calculated search for motifs, and the horizon and sky often appear as if arbitrarily hidden."