Gustav Klimt stands for the "Vienna 1900" era, which continues to fascinate and resonate to this day. At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, the center of the Habsburg monarchy saw a concentration of top achievements in the fields of art, culture and science. This world of Viennese Modernism is presented online in the Gustav Klimt database.
In addition to the → WORK of the painting genius, Klimt's private and public life is made visible in the socio-political → NETWORK of this dynamic period. In addition, with the extensive → RESEARCH PLATFORM, which focuses on directories of Klimt's paintings, photographs, autographs and exhibitions, the database has a research tool in which the holdings of the Klimt Foundation and its project partners are scientifically processed.
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08/26/2025
GKDB News
New edition: Gustav Klimt. Last Studio 1911–1918
The Klimt Foundation is publishing a new edition of “Gustav Klimt. Last Studio 1911–1918” from the Klimt Edition series—with new research findings from the Gustav Klimt Database, among other sources, and for the first time also in English translation. The publication is dedicated to Klimt's last place of work in Vienna-Hietzing, where he created over 50 paintings and hundreds of drawings between 1911 and 1918. -
07/16/2025
Exhibitions
Gustav Klimt, the MAK, and Immendorf Castle Burnt, Destroyed, Vanished?
The fire at Immendorf Castle—a supposedly secure art repository for works by Gustav Klimt, among others—represents one of the greatest losses of cultural property in Austrian history. The 80th anniversary of this event will be commemorated in 2025. The non-profit Klimt Foundation and the MAK took this as an opportunity to organize an exhibition on the theme of Gustav Klimt, the MAK, and Immendorf Castle. -
05/15/2025
Exhibitions
IN-SIGHT: Gustav Klimt. The Bride
In 1917, the last year of his life, Gustav Klimt began to create one of his largest paintings, the allegory The Bride. Due to his surprisingly early death in February 1918, the work remained unfinished in his studio at Feldmühlgasse 11 in Vienna-Hietzing. This painting forms the centerpiece of the current exhibition at the Oberes Belvedere, curated jointly by Sandra Tretter (Klimt Foundation, Vienna) and Franz Smola (Belvedere, Vienna).
