Malcesine on Lake Garda - Gustav Klimt
This panorama of Lake Garda painted by Gustav Klimt is distinguished from his other works by its lightness and unique lighting. Painted from a boat, the artist creates a lively and frivolous atmosphere that contrasts with that of the emotionally charged houses. This unique work was destroyed in the fire at Schloss Immendorf.
The artwork in a nutshell
This panorama of Lake Garda painted by Gustav Klimt is distinguished from his other works by its lightness and unique lighting. Painted from a boat, the artist creates a lively and frivolous atmosphere that contrasts with that of the emotionally charged houses. This unique work was destroyed in the fire at Schloss Immendorf.
The artist
Born into a family of artisans, Gustav Klimt (1862 - 1918) entered the School of Decorative Arts in Vienna at the age of 14 and learned painting and mosaics. The Viennese artist began as a decorative painter on bourgeois villas. In love with art, he gets closer to the symbolist circles and wishes to promote modern art. Dreaming of reconciling painting and architecture, his status as a craftsman prevented him from being recognized as a full-fledged artist, as a barrier existed between the decorative arts and the arts considered as major. Revolted by this state of affairs, Klimt joined the Secessionist group in 1887 and even became its president, eager to promote Viennese art on an international level. An artist who was as much criticized as he was renowned, he moved away from the decorative arts towards the end of his life and turned to Fauvism, which he considered avant-garde.
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