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Der Blinde

Gustav Klimt1896

Leopold Museum

Leopold Museum
Wien, Österreich

In the 1890s, Klimt painted a variety of commissioned male portraits. At the time, he would create several male studies, among which was The Blind Man. Male portraits are rare in Klimt’s oeuvre – none can be found in his later work. The fact that Klimt included this among four more paintings in the first Secession exhibition is proof that he attributed a high level of artistic value to the work. In the same year, the picture was published in a special issue of the Ver Sacrum magazine, which was dedicated to the second Secession exhibition. Klimt poses the blind man in a dusky side light, transforming the deep ridges and sunken cheeks into traits of suffering. And yet, this aged man with his wonderful shock of white hair lives on in a body with a dignified bearing. Loose gestural brushstrokes and the soft, partially diffused application of paint stand in direct contrast with the precise and almost photorealistic painting style, a feature of Klimt’s works at the time.

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  • Titel: Der Blinde
  • Ersteller: Gustav Klimt
  • Lebensdaten des Erstellers: Baumgarten near Vienna 1862 - 1918 Vienna
  • Nationalität des Erstellers: Austrian
  • Sterbeort des Erstellers: Vienna
  • Geschlecht des Erstellers: Male
  • Geburtsort des Erstellers: Baumgarten near Vienna
  • Datierung: 1896
  • Abmessungen: w53.2 x h66.0 cm (Ohne Rahmen)
  • Typ: Gemälde
  • Rechte: Leopold Museum, Wien / Image by Google
  • Externer Link: Leopold Museum, Wien
  • Technik: Öl auf Leinwand
  • Inv. Nr.: LM 4144
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