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Gustav Klimt
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Klimt, Gustav: The Park The Park, oil on canvas by Gustav Klimt, 1910 or earlier; in the Museum of Modern Art, New York City. 110.4 × 110.4 cm.

Gustav Klimt

Austrian painter
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Born:
July 14, 1862, Vienna, Austria
Died:
February 6, 1918, Vienna (aged 55)
Movement / Style:
Sezession
On the Web:
Official Site of Gustav Klimt (July 10, 2025)
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Gustav Klimt (born July 14, 1862, Vienna, Austria—died February 6, 1918, Vienna) was an Austrian painter, founder of the school of painting known as the Vienna Sezession. After studying at the Vienna School of Decorative Arts, Klimt in 1883 opened an independent studio specializing in the execution of mural paintings. His early work had a classical style that was typical of late 19th-century academic painting, as can be seen in his murals for the Vienna Burgtheater (1888) and on the staircase of the Kunsthistorisches Museum. In 1897 Klimt’s mature style emerged, and he founded the Vienna Sezession, a group of ...(100 of 322 words)

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