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Who was Gustav Klimt?

The enigmatic Austrian behind one of the world's most recognizable paintings

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Gustav Klimt in 60 seconds

A glittering career, in more ways than one...

Intro

What is "Klimt vs. Klimt"?

An artist's life full of contradictions

Now dig a little deeper...

You know 'The Kiss', but how well do you know Klimt?

The Man of Contradictions

Separating fact from fiction in the life of Gustav Klimt

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Get to the bottom of his contradictory life

His artworks

Was most of his work acclaimed or unknown?

His muses

Was he a womaniser or an early feminist?

His technique

Was his style golden or gloomy?

His reputation

Was he a homebody or did he thrive on high society?

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How Klimt Became The Name on Everyone's Lips

Who could the people in the famous "Kiss" be?

“Whoever wants to know something about me... should look attentively at my paintings and there seek to recognise what I am and what I want.”Gustav Klimt

Famous vs. Undiscovered

How it all started...

What Came Before "The Kiss"?

How the shy interior decorator became the famous artist we know today

Zoom into his lesser-known artworks

Take a guided tour of the details and find your new favorite Klimt

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Klimt's most famous paintings

Discover over 120 artworks

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The paintings we'll never get to see...

The infamous Faculty Paintings and their incredible story

The Mystery of the Burned Klimt Works

How the paintings were lost to history

What Were The Faculty Paintings?

How Klimt wowed audiences with a new artistic language

...until now

How the Lost Klimt's were rediscovered with machine learning

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The Klimt Color Enigma

Bringing the Faculty Paintings Back to Life with Machine Learning

How The Faculty Paintings Were Brought Back to Life

Reviving Klimt's Faculty Paintings

The Technology

Colorizing Klimt’s Vanished Paintings with Artificial Intelligence and Klimt Experts

Enjoy Klimt's works in 3D and Augmented Reality

Discover Klimt’s works and the recolored "Faculty Paintings" in a specially designed virtual exhibition

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The art of opposites

The contrasting symbols and styles in Klimt's works

Life vs death

Don't Fear The Reaper

See what the painting looked like before Klimt reversed the colors

Man vs woman

Adam and Eve: The Mother of Life

A closer look at Klimt's only biblical painting

Old vs young

The Three Ages of Women

From sweet infant to a beautiful young woman to decaying crone

Klimt's Contrasts

Explore how Klimt utilizes Symbolism to reflect duality

Klimt in a Kimono?

Discover how Japanese ukiyo-e inspired Klimt’s late, great works, and his personal style

Klimt's femme fatales

The women of bohemian Vienna

Discover Klimt's Female Portraits

There is no doubt that Gustav Klimt was a painter of women

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Johanna Staude: A Shared Muse

The portrait of Johanna Staude is one of Klimt's last works

Fritza Riedler: Realism vs Abstraction

The perfect composition of realism and harmony

Adele Bloch-Bauer: Eroticism and Exoticism

Danger, seduction, and death

Sonja Knips: Klimt's First Art Nouveau Masterpiece

A pre-marriage affair and a lasting friendship

Amalie Zuckerkandl: Contrasting Colors

The sitter with a tragic story

Friedericke Maria Beer: Ornamentation and Realism

A closer look at the Chinese influence

Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein: Highly Stylized

Does the portrait do justice to her unconventional personality?

Hermine Gallia: The Floating Lady

A loving attention to detail and muted colors

Early Feminist vs. Womaniser

Did his work empower or degrade women?

How Klimt Sparked a Sexual Revolution in Art

The painter's exploration of feminine beauty and eroticism

Klimt's Erotic Nude Drawings

The most exhilarating results of his drawing activity

Lover vs. Lifelong friend

The unanswered question about Klimt and Emilie Flöge's relationship

Get to Know Emilie Flöge

The woman by Klimt's side

Now See Her Through Klimt's Eyes

Klimt's portrait of his lifelong companion Emilie Flöge

From The Kiss to The Kissing Booth

The latest episode in the Art Zoom series

Joey King Discusses Klimt's Iconic Work "The Kiss"

Penniless Painter vs. Affluent Artist

Discover how Klimt became Klimt

1862-1892

How He Became Famous Before 30

His studies, his first commissions, and how he met the most important woman in his life

1894-1905

When Klimt Started to Scandalize

The Succession, summer holidays, and his children with other women

1908-1918

His Most Iconic Works Go On Show

Vienna Kunstschau, the Biennale, and his final works

Shimmering vs. Subdued

He's known for his glimmering gold leaf, but what about the rest of his work?

Why Did Klimt Go For Gold?

Klimt and his materials

A More Mysterious Mood

Klimt's stylized sketched portraits

Compare the colors

Which Klimt style do you like best...

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Artist vs. Designer

Understanding Klimt's diverse work across architecture and design

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The Burgtheater Cycle of Paintings

Can you spot Klimt's only self-portrait?

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Gustav Klimt and the Palais Stoclet

Nine drawings for the execution of a frieze

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A Closer Look At The 112-Foot-Long Beethoven Frieze

The work that started Klimt's golded period

Street view

See The Beethoven Frieze in 360°

Wander around the basement of the Secession building

Loose Strokes vs. Sharp Lines

The spontaneous ideas and meticulous studies in Klimt's sketchbooks

Gustav Klimt the Draftsman

Dreamlike sketches from a master draughtsman

Inside His Little Red Sketchbook

See sketches for Klimt's known works and studies for works he never created

Zoom into the drawings

Klimt's Study for the Painting "The Bride"

Klimt's Reclining Woman (Study for the Beethoven Frieze)

Klimt's Studies for the Painting "Death and Life"

Klimt's Studies for Female Portraits (1911–18)

Klimt's Studies in Connection with "Expectation" in the Stoclet Frieze

Klimt's Studies for the Painting "The Virgin"

Klimt's Studies for the Painting "Judith II (Salome)"

Klimt's Autonomous Erotic Nude Drawings (1913–17)

Klimt's Allegory "Thaleia and Melpomene"

Klimt's Drawings for and in Connection with "Water Serpents II"

Klimt's Studies for the Paintings "Hope I" and "Hope II" (1902–08)

Klimt's Study for the Painting "Schubert at the Piano"

Gustav Klimt's Drawings in the Albertina Museum

Klimt's Studies for "Fulfillment" in the Stoclet Frieze and the Painting "The Kiss"

Klimt's Studies for the Beethoven Frieze

Klimt's Studies for Female Portraits (1897–1904)

Klimt's Studies for the Faculty Painting "Medicine"

Klimt's Studies for Female Portraits (c. 1904–05)

Klimt's Studies for the Faculty Painting "Philosophy"

Commercial vs. Controversial

A rebel who transformed Viennese modern art

"To every age its art, to every art its freedom"

How Klimt and the Vienna Secession broke with tradition and helped artists push the envelope of creativity and expression

The Story of the Secession Building

The HQ of the Association of Visual Artists was designed by Joseph Maria Olbrich

Why Was Klimt's Secession Poster Scandalous?

The 'offensive' imagery in the advertisement

See How the Poster Was Censored

Discover Klimt's painting of the association's key mythological figure

The Vienna Secession Exhibitions

Bringing the European avant-garde to Vienna

People Person vs. Cat Person

Who was the real Gustav Klimt?

Klimt the Cat Lover

“Surrounded by eight or ten mewing and purring cats”

Gustav Klimt: The Mentor

9 things you didn't know about Klimt's protege Egon Schiele

Klimt and Hoffmann: Artists and Friends

Deep friendship and mutual appreciation

See Klimt Partying at the "Schweindl-Fest"

An extravagant costume party by Otto Primavesi

Social Butterfly vs. Recluse

Visit his final studio and find out

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Take a Tour Through Klimt's Final Studio

The quiet refuge he found after the scandal of the Faculty Paintings

Street view

Explore Klimt's Final Studio in 360°

A peaceful workspace at the outskirts of Vienna

Enter Klimt's world

A snapshot of life in the heydey of Austria's capital

Get to Know Vienna in the Late 19th Century

Zoom in to see a who's who of high society in Klimt's 'Auditorium in the Old Burgtheater'