In-Sight: Gustav Klimt: The Bride
In 1917, the last year of his career, Gustav Klimt started working on one of his largest paintings, the allegorical work The Bride. His unexpected and premature death in February 1918 prevented him from finishing this painting. A now iconic image by Klimt鈥檚 favorite photographer Moriz N盲hr shows The Bride together with Lady with Fan鈥攊tself the subject of an exhibition at the Upper Belvedere in 2021/22鈥攊n the painter鈥檚 studio in Vienna鈥檚 Hietzing district.
Klimt鈥檚 last studio sets the scene for this exhibition with a spotlight on the encounters that took place there between the artist and important people in his life. Sources include reports by his fellow painters Egon Schiele and Felix Albrecht Harta, the writings of Arthur Schnitzler and the Japanese artist Kijiro Ohta, in addition to accounts from Friederike Beer-Monti, who was portrayed by Klimt, and his patron Eugenia (M盲da) Primavesi.
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In 1917, the last year of his career, Gustav Klimt started working on one of his largest paintings, the allegorical work The Bride. His unexpected and premature death in February 1918 prevented him from finishing this painting. A now iconic image by Klimt鈥檚 favorite photographer Moriz N盲hr shows The Bride together with Lady with Fan鈥攊tself the subject of an exhibition at the Upper Belvedere in 2021/22鈥攊n the painter鈥檚 studio in Vienna鈥檚 Hietzing district.
Klimt鈥檚 last studio sets the scene for this exhibition with a spotlight on the encounters that took place there between the artist and important people in his life. Sources include reports by his fellow painters Egon Schiele and Felix Albrecht Harta, the writings of Arthur Schnitzler and the Japanese artist Kijiro Ohta, in addition to accounts from Friederike Beer-Monti, who was portrayed by Klimt, and his patron Eugenia (M盲da) Primavesi.
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