Gustav Klimt, 1862-1918 - Hardcover

Gilles Néret

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0760701121 ISBN 13: 9780760701126

Publisher: Barnes & Noble, 1996

Synopsis

Cult of pleasure: Feminine sensuality by the Vienna Secession’s greatest proponent

Gustav Klimt’s ornate, sensual, and decadent style made him not only the most prominent of the Vienna Secessionists but one of the best loved artists of all time. In his own time, Kilmt (1862-1918) was a highly successful painter, draftsman, muralist, and graphic artist; in the intervening years, iconic works such as The Kiss have been elevated to nothing less than cult status. Klimt’s unfading popularity attests to the appeal of not only his aesthetic sensibilities but also that of the recurrent universal themes in his work: love, feminine beauty, aging, and death. He once wrote, "I am a painter who paints day after day from morning to night...Who ever wants to know something about me...ought to look carefully at my pictures." With this overview of Klimt’s work, readers will delight in taking up that challenge.

About the Series:

Each book in TASCHEN’s Basic Art series features:

• a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance


• a concise biography


• approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions

About this title

From the Publisher:

A Taschen look at Gustav Klimt, man and artist.

About the Author:

Gilles Néret (1933-2005) was an art historian, journalist, writer and museum correspondent. He organized several art retrospectives in Japan and founded the SEIBU museum and the Wildenstein Gallery in Tokyo. He directed art reviews such as L’Œil and Connaissance des Arts and received the Elie Faure Prize in 1981 for his publications. His TASCHEN titles include Salvador Dalí: The Paintings, Matisse, and Erotica Universalis.

About this edition

• Publisher: Barnes & Noble
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0760701121
• ISBN 13: 9780760701126
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 96