Wall Clock Gustav Klimt The Virgin

40 x 40 cm Beautiful, original polished glass clock with the famous work of Gustav Klimt "The Virgin in 1913, conducted as silkscreen on frosted glass.

Gustav Klimt was born near Vienna in a poor family. His father was a gold engraver. This may have influenced Klimt in his use of gold in his paintings. He received his artistic training at the Vienna Kunstgewerbeschule for Art and Industry in the years 1879-1883. Almost to the century he worked in an environment that was created by Hans Makart, a dominant figure in the Viennese art world. In his early work was not appreciated by Klimt the established order, which are found pornographic pictures. In order to react against the traditional views Klimt founded at the Vienna Secession, the Austrian version of Art Nouveau and the modern style. Klimt was later recognition and was appointed eredocent the University of Munich and Vienna.

Klimt died at age 55. He is buried at the cemetery in Vienna Hietzinger. On the stone is carved his typical signature.

 Style
Symbolism, eroticism, pronounced taste for decorative and graceful refinement features his paintings and drawings. In his allegorical and in his numerous portraits he weaves in an unprecedented way stylized color planes together like a patchwork. With an infinite tenderness, he deals only woman in his work. His work shows a great skill, great sensitivity and a sense of color.

The Dutch artist Jan Toorop, a major inspiration for Klimt. The delicate interplay of smooth curves is a remarkable similarity between Toorop and Klimt. Klimt has great influence on fellow artists such as Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka. Klimt's work is closely related to that of the Belgian Symbolist Fernand Khnopff.

Work
Gustav Klimt work consists mainly of paintings, but he also has murals, drawings and collages made. Several of them are exhibited at the Secession. Klimt is much praised for the use of gold in his paintings.