Art Prints - Gustav Klimt By Seth Luca

Gustav Klimt is an Austrian painter considered to be the founding member of the Viennese Sezession School of Painting in 1897. This school of painting broke from the academic traditions of 19th century European mural painting in favor of the more highly-decorative, Art Nouveau style. The Art Nouveau style is characterized with long, sinuous and organic lines, patterns and forms. Klimt expressed this style in his paintings using bold, flat, precisely linear and highly decorative patterns of color and gold leaf.

His revolutionary school and his work caused a stir. Three of his allegorical murals painted for the ceiling of the University of Vienna were vehemently disliked for their erotic and sensuous figures. The artist also painted landscapes such as Forest of Beech Trees, 1903 and Poppy Field in 1907. The artist's influence and technique has also been associated with the history and development of graphic design.

The artist though, is best known for his sensuous paintings of women and fashionable matrons of Viennese society during his time. His artistic technique of surrounding the human forms in his paintings with brilliant gold leaf and highly-ornamental patterns is admired as it enhances the skin's sensuousness.

Some of the artist's works are better known than others and have become popular as poster prints. Some of the most famous poster prints of his work include:

• The Kiss, 1907-an iconic print of the artist's work, this oil and gold on canvas painting is characterized by a man and a woman in a melting kiss, engulfed in a golden swirl of brilliant color. This painting can be found at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and poster prints online come in 24 x 36" prints.

• Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I,1907-This painting is one of the artist's most famous paintings of Viennese matrons. It features a sitting portrait of the matron Adele Bloch- Bauer. Online poster printing services offer to print this poster in sizes such as 11x17", 16x20", and 18x24".

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