Gustav Klimt
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Gustav Klimt (July
14, 1862 – February
6, 1918) was an Austrian Symbolist
painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Art
Nouveau (Vienna
Secession) movement. His major works include paintings, murals,
sketches, and other art objects, many of
which are on display in the Vienna Secession gallery. Klimt's primary
subject was the female body,[1] and his works are marked by a frank
eroticism--nowhere is this more apparent than in his numerous drawings in
pencil. Klimt was born in Baumgarten, near Vienna,
the second of seven children — three boys and four girls.[2] All three sons displayed artistic
talent early on.
Malcesine on Lake Garda
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