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Mäda Primavesi (1903–2000)

Gustav Klimt · 1912–13

Artist: Gustav Klimt Austrian, Baumgarten 1862–1918 Vienna
Date: 1912–13
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 59 x 43 1/2 in. (149.9 x 110.5 cm)
Where to see it: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Gift of André and Clara Mertens, in memory of her mother, Jenny Pulitzer Steiner, 1964 · CC0 Public Domain · The Met · see it at the museum ↗

Slow Look

The whole picture Let your eyes wander. Where do they want to rest?
The light Find the brightest spot. What is it showing you?
The edges Look at what is half cut off at the borders.
One small detail Choose one tiny thing and stay with it for a while.
The whole picture again Step back. Has it changed for you?

About Gustav Klimt

Gustav Klimt was an Austrian symbolist painter and a founding member of the Vienna Secession movement. His work helped define the Art Nouveau style in Europe. Klimt is known for his paintings, murals, sketches, and other objets d'art. Klimt's primary subject was the female body, and his works are marked by a frank eroticism. Amongst his figurative works, which include allegories and portraits, he painted landscapes. He is best known for The Kiss and Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I. Among the artists of the Vienna Secession, Klimt was the most influenced by Japanese art and its methods.

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