1. Gustav Klimt

2. Gustav Klimt (1862 –1918) was an Austrian Symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. His major works include paintings, murals, and sketches.

3. In 1876, Klimt was awarded a scholarship to the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts, where he studied until 1883, and received training as an architectural painter. Klimt began his professional career painting interior murals and ceilings in large public buildings. The Tree of Life, Stoclet Frieze, 1909

4. Vienna Secession Klimt became one of the founding members and president of the Vienna Secession in 1897. The group's goals were to provide exhibitions for unconventional young artists, to bring the best foreign artists' works to Vienna, and to publish its own magazine to showcase members' work.

5. In 1903 Klimt traveled to Italy and discovered wonderful wall-sized scenes made from glittering colored stones, tiles, and glass.

6. These are called Mosaics and all the work Klimt did after 1903 was influenced by the patterns in these Early Christian art works.

7. Golden Phase Klimt's Golden Phase was marked by positive critical reaction and success. Many of his paintings from this period used gold leaf. Klimt’s trips to Venice and Ravenna most likely inspired his gold technique, repeated patterns, and his Byzantine imagery. The Kiss 1907-1908 Oil and gold leaf on canvas Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria

8. In 1911 his painting Death and Life (left) received first prize in the world exhibitions in Rome. Klimt died four years later in Vienna on February 6, 1918, having suffered a stroke and pneumonia. Death & Life

9. Art Nouveau

10. Portrait of Emilie Floge 1902 Oil on canvas 71 1/4 x 26 1/8 in. (181 x 66.5 cm) Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien, Vienna Art Nouveau developed in reaction to the rapid growth of industry and technology at the end of the 19 th century (1890’s). Characteristics of the Art Nouveau style are curving shapes, decorative repeated patterns, and the use of natural materials.

11. Portrait of Fritza Riedler 1906 Oil on canvas 153 x 133 cm Austrian Gallery, Vienna

13. Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I 1907 Oil and gold on canvas 138 x 138 cm Austrian Gallery, Vienna

14. The Kiss 1907-08 Oil and gold on canvas 180 x 180 cm Osterreichische Galerie, Vienna

15. Aubrey Beardsley British 1872-1898 Other Art Nouveau Works

17. Alphonse Maria Mucha Painter, Printmaker Czechoslovakia, Art Nouveau born 1860 - died 1939

19. ANTONIO GAUDI

21. LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY

23. Art Nouveau Architecture

25. Your Assignment Create a Art Nouveau-style collage. We do this by cutting out a picture from a magazine, gluing it to scratch art paper, and filling the blank space with curving lines and patterns.

26. Student Artwork