We had a lot of fun at the Social Art Studio last Saturday. I taught a workshop on how to paint a famous painting by Gustav Klimt, The Kiss. I loved it! Klimt is one of my favorite artists. I saw his original artwork in Belvedere Palace in Vienna, Austria a few years ago, and I was blown away. Klimt used real gold and silverin some of his paintings, including the Kiss.
His father, Ernst Klimt, was a gold engraver. He immigrated to Austria from Bohemia (now Czech Republic). Klimt lived in poverty for most of his childhood, as work was scarce and economic advancement was difficult for immigrants. However, Gustav Klimt displayed artistic talent early on, and he was awarded a scholarship to the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts when he was 14 years old. He received training as an architectural painter and became a muralist. He won several major awards and had received numerous commissions for public art in Vienna.
According to some biographers, the Kiss is a self-portrait of Klimt and his companion Emilie Louise Flöge, an Austrian fashion designer and businesswoman. When he painted The Kiss, Klimt was 45 and still lived at home with his mother and two unmarried sisters - but behind the respectable facade he was a man with a ferocious sexual appetite. Klimt fathered at least three illegitimate children and probably many more. He was obsessed by women and he had a fixation with redheads. It is no surprise that the woman in The Kiss has red hair.
His father, Ernst Klimt, was a gold engraver. He immigrated to Austria from Bohemia (now Czech Republic). Klimt lived in poverty for most of his childhood, as work was scarce and economic advancement was difficult for immigrants. However, Gustav Klimt displayed artistic talent early on, and he was awarded a scholarship to the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts when he was 14 years old. He received training as an architectural painter and became a muralist. He won several major awards and had received numerous commissions for public art in Vienna.
According to some biographers, the Kiss is a self-portrait of Klimt and his companion Emilie Louise Flöge, an Austrian fashion designer and businesswoman. When he painted The Kiss, Klimt was 45 and still lived at home with his mother and two unmarried sisters - but behind the respectable facade he was a man with a ferocious sexual appetite. Klimt fathered at least three illegitimate children and probably many more. He was obsessed by women and he had a fixation with redheads. It is no surprise that the woman in The Kiss has red hair.
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