Meanwhile, Gustav Klimt's changing style made it impossibleįor them to work together on any project. Franz Matsch wanted to branch out into portrait painting, which he did with some success. In the coming few years, the artistic trio fell apart. Him, that Klimt began turning towards the radical new styles of the Art Noveau. Paradoxically, it was at this point, with a fabulous career as a classicist painter unfolding before The Emperor's Prize and became a fashionable portraitist, as well as the leading artist of his day. This painting, with its almost photographic accuracy is considered one of the greatest achievements in Naturalist painting. Would bring him to the height of his fame. Works that Klimt painted for this project include the Cart of Thespis, the Altars of Dionysosand Apollo and the Theater at Taormina, as well as scenes from the Globe Theater ofĪt the completion of the work in 1888, the painters were awarded the Golden Service Cross (Verdienstkreuz), and Klimt was commissioned to paint the Auditorium of the Old Burgtheater, the work that In 1886, the painters were asked to decorate the Viennese Burgtheater, effectively recognizing them as the foremost of decorators ofĪustria. Retreat, the Villa Hermes near Vienna (Midsummer Night's Dream). In 1885, they were commissioned to decorate the Empress Elizabeth's country Their skill and decorated theaters throughout the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and much of their work can still be seen there. Already by the 1880s, they were renowned for The trio specialized in interior decoration, particularly theaters. Team they called the "Company of Artists", and helped their teacher in painting murals in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.Īfter finishing his studies, Gustav Klimt opened a studio together with Matsch and Ernst Klimt. The two brothers and their friend Franz Matsch began working together by 1880 they had received numerous commissions as a Like his father, would become an engraver, also enrolled in the school. Klimt readily accepted the principles of a conservative training his early work may be classified as academic. He revered theįoremost history painter of the time, Hans Makart. In 1876, Gustav Klimt was awarded a scholarship to the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts (Kunstgewerbeschule), where he studied until 1883, and received training as an architectural painter. The painter would have to support his family financially throughout his life. His father, Ernst Klimt, worked as an engraver and goldsmith, earning very little,Īnd the artist's childhood was spent in relative poverty. Gustav Klimt was born in Vienna, in 1862, into a lower middle-class family of Moravian origin. Womand in Black Feather Hat Drawing by Gustav Klimt.Upper Austrian Farmhouse by Gustav Klimt.
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