Close Up
Gustav Klimt
What do you see?
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Close Up
What do you see?
Tree of life
1909
Tree of Life
The Tree of Life is an important symbol in nearly every culture. With its branches reaching into the sky, and roots deep in the earth, it dwells in three worlds- a link between heaven, the earth, and the underworld, uniting above and below.
Austrian Symbolist Painter
Against naturalism and realism.
In favor of spirituality, imagination and dreams.
Vienna Secession
Student
use of symbols, patterns and color
Founding member in 1897. Remained until 1908.
Goals were to bring unconventional, young foreign
artists to Vienna to publish their work in magazines
Student
use of movement and patterns
Gustav Klimt
Student Work
Gustav Klimt
Student
Baumgarten, Austrian Empire
Bright colors against black
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