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The Kiss (German: Der Kuss) is an oil-on-canvas painting with added gold leaf, silver and platinum by the Austrian Symbolist painter Gustav Klimt. It was painted at some point in 1907 and 1908, during the height of what scholars call his "Golden Period". [4]
Clad in a geometrically-printed robe and with a crown of vines on his head, the man cradles the woman's face as he leans in to kiss her. The female figure—whose colorful, organically patterned dress contrasts her partner's garment—wears flowers in her hair.
Nov 24, 2019 · The Kiss (Lovers) by Gustav Klimt is the most famous Austrian painting and the highlight of the permanent collection at the Upper Belvedere. It shows a couple swathed in richly embellished robes embracing in a meadow of flowers on the brink of a precipice.
The Kiss (1908-1909) by Gustav Klimt Belvedere. The painting "The Kiss" from 1908/09 is undoubtedly Klimt's best-known work today. A pair of lovers, kneeling on a flower meadow and wearing...
May 17, 2024 · The Kiss is an oil and gold painting on canvas by Gustav Klimt that was completed in 1908. It is considered to be one of the best paintings of the Vienna Sezession and is perhaps the most popular of Klimt’s works.
Feb 23, 2021 · The Kiss by Gustav Klimt is one of the most iconic paintings from the Art Nouveau period. Klimt painted this rich oil painting with added platinum, silver, and gold leaf in 1907, at the height of his “Golden Period”. The Kiss depicts a couple wrapped in a loving embrace in typical Art Nouveau style.
Gustav Klimt 1908-1909. Belvedere. Vienna, Austria. “The Kiss”, probably the most popular work by Gustav Klimt, was first exhibited in 1908 at the Kunstschau art exhibition on the site of...
Nov 9, 2022 · The Kiss by Gustav Klimt is the most famous work by this Viennese artist. Years after its creation art enthusiasts still flock to see the two embracing lovers depicted in the typical golden Klimt style.
Gustav Klimt’s ‘Golden Epoch’ reached its peak with The Kiss (1907-1908). Perhaps European art as a whole at the end of the 19th Century finds its most complete expression in this grand, erotic...
