100 Great Artists

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GUSTAV KlIMT

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drl1!::jng, ,;:hich Klim' pony ad",",,}

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lcadingCXI'OfK"Jl'Ofartm)lJ\'C1u,"mng which he ",,,.ts c,'crl"hing: And .lthough

anti-<,<)ns",.,~ti,'e \r"'nn' Se""ss.;c.,istS, Schiele I.,e, res,~,',,1 his own ,,~our handling

Gust'" KI imt fn:'luentlr I","'olcd h).' difli::",nt mcan<, he toO ""!S iml" "",,,1 when

antagonistn.TheEmpc:mrJirln'JoM'phll",'cn he first 'a", Klimt's "ork at the 1908

fo.-hade hi' dri,'crs to go 11<t'" a nr I~""e sf.)"ing 'Kun' .. <chau '. Klimt help,,1 the p)unger man

SectS,ioniS! an. The obicction, wt"I"C not n) c<)n,id<rli>lr 0"" t1'l<: nen twO rca rs.

Klimt'. sLOnpt uou. use of gold and Rp..1ntino:: Far fmm Paris. Klimt 'pem e,c,y ,ummer at

ornamentation, hut to the borelr ron"".I,,1 t1'l<: Attt:rset: _ Ausrria'. bigg.::st lake. He hmd

emtici'm in his Ixtintings. the bnd'c"pe inspiring, and ..-..nl: of his best·

Klimt's effect on other artistS .. "1< mOre kro"TI ""rl; wen: Ixtim,,1 then:, inch.J(ling Th<

pos~i,'e. lie himself had b<"n influ<:n""d br the IVIT. Klimt's won.s on cam ...... en: c<. nlxtr1t;"dr

Swiss Hooler, who r<~urn,,1 the c<)ml~imcnt li::w, he n:g;rded himself mOfl' OS 3 mUr1~st,

s:t}ing: 'I Jo,'e his f""""es .. the fn:"I,." w~h ... hich had hecn his prime rnub:: n) ,u",,",ss.

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figll,",~ ,b",,,,k-,, an 1m"" d_1y rurroundd by rbap~ uJhrting Klunr 'r in,"'"

in Ib, ,.ima of miiTobio,"gr. A li"k ""arcb "uaIJ Ib, rbap" jI(Ji1,ing aho,~

,b, )'ltmg<r .:o,"an ",,,nbl, ,o/ooi" of INxtm'll, ,;:bi!, ,b, old..-<III< nantk ",nid

,b, doogaud pro"'=:.Ja IIDoaaud ,;:i,b tkatb and d""'"l-itioo