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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05/15/2025
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). -
11/30/2024
Vienna 1900. The Dreaming Artists - From Gustav Klimt to Egon Schiele
The National Museum of Korea in Seoul, in collaboration with Austria's Leopold Museum, presents from November 30th, 2024 until March 3rd, 2025 a collection of 191 works from the Leopold Museum, showcasing the activities of artists in late 19th-century Vienna who sought change and transition into modernism. The Klimt Foundation is likewise contributing two early female portraits by Gustav Klimt. -
09/24/2024
WIENER WERKSTÄTTE arts / crafts 1903-1932
Wiener Werkstätte design icons are currently on display at the Millesgården Museum in Stockholm. The exhibition, curated by Anne-Katrin Rossberg from the MAK, Vienna and Martin Liljekvist, shows masterpieces from this pioneering Viennese manufacturing collective, which was founded in 1903 by Josef Hoffmann, Kolo Moser and Fritz Waerndorfer. Gustav Klimt was also very closely associated with the “WW”, whether through artistic exchange or through furnishings and jewelry.
