Klimt and the Portrait

Klimt and the Portrait

Six paintings. One concept

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Klimt and modernism —the movement of which he is one of the fundamental references— are pure sensuality, rich ornamentation, luxury, elegance, and exquisiteness.

It was a time when women were becoming aware of their power and were becoming independent; and the women of the Viennese society wanted to be portrayed by Klimt: they wanted to see themselves with that sensuality and with that power.

Klimt then showed them proud, delicious, with a touch of eroticism, and certainly powerful.

Those portraits were no longer portraits of ordinary women (let's take a closer look, for example, the portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, popularly called The Woman in Gold) and became icons (in the sense of religious images) became deities.

Recommended links:

Klimt and Gold.

Timeline: Moments of Gustav Klimt.

Timeline: from Neoclassicism till the end of the 19th century.

Vienna Secession.

Characteristic Elements of Art Nouveau Painting.

Gold leaf technique.

Golden Rain, Danae.

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