Gustav Klimt : Painter of Women

by Partsch, Susanna

• ISBN13: 9783791332826
• ISBN10: 3791332821
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-05-30
• Publisher: Prestel Pub

Summary

In Vienna, at the end of the 19th century there was a surge of unprecedented artistic and intellectual creativity. Gustav Klimt was one of the foremost figures in the period, and his work has come to epitomise its style. This book has 96 color plates and 35 drawings in black-and-white, and pays tribute to the Austrian painter who died in 1918, when all Vienna mourned his death.

Table of Contents

Klimt and Controversy in Turn-of-the-Century Vienna	7	(4)
The Artist in Private and Public Life	11	(9)
Emilie and the Floge Fashion-House	20	(9)
Emilie Floge as Klimt Saw Her	29	(16)
Reform Movement Fashion: Expression of a Lifestyle	45	(8)
The Postcards: Evidence of Unfulfilled Love?	53	(5)
Painter and Model: Klimt and Mizzi Zimmermann	58	(15)
Klimt and Alma Mahler-Werfel	73	(5)
Painter and Client: Klimt and Adele Bloch-Bauer	78	(9)
The Kiss	87	(9)
Klimt and His Models	96	(11)
Biographical Notes	107
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