Gustav Klimt was born on 1862 in Vienna, Austria.
Klimt's work is diferenced by the elegant gold or coloured decoration. This can be seen in Judith I (1901), and in The Kiss (1907–1908), and especially in Danaë (1907).
In 1897 Gustav Klimt founded with other artists the Vienna Secession and became its first president. By that time Klimt had developed his own and characteristic style. Like impressionism, art nouveau was an International revolt against the traditional academic art style.
Gustav Klimt's style is highly ornamental. The Art Nouveau movement favored organic lines and contours. Klimt used a lot of gold and silver colors in his art work - certainly an heritage from his father's profession as a gold and silver engraver.
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