Gustav Klimt: Great Lives in Graphic Form (Biographic) - Classics Hardcover Edition
ISBN
9781781453117
SKU
SNG14552
Publisher
Ammonite Press
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Discover the fascinating life and extraordinary art of Gustav Klimt with Biographic: Klimt, a visually engaging biography from the innovative Great Lives in Graphic Form series. Combining intriguing facts and figures with colourful infographics, this book offers a fresh and entertaining look at the artist behind some of the most recognisable paintings of the Vienna Secession.
Gustav Klimt (1862–1918) was an Austrian painter and founding member of the Vienna Secession art movement. Famous for his distinctive gold-tinged paintings, decorative style and portraits of women, Klimt created some of the most celebrated works of the early 20th century, including The Kiss.
But there is much more to Klimt than his famous paintings.
Biographic: Klimt presents 50 defining facts, dates, thoughts, habits and achievements from his life and career in vivid visual snapshots. Discover that The Kiss was sold before it was even completed for 25,000 crowns—more than 50 times the price paid for any other Austrian painting at the time.
The book also explores Klimt''s unconventional personal life, including the fact that he fathered at least 14 illegitimate children, as well as his fondness for cats, which famously resulted in his studio becoming home to numerous feline companions.
Klimt''s artistic legacy has also reached extraordinary financial heights. In 2006, his Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I sold for $135 million, setting a record at the time for the highest price ever paid for a painting.
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