Be enchanted by Gustav Klimt, with the complete catalogue of his paintings, including new photographs from the Stoclet Frieze series (in Brussels). A century after his death, the Viennese artist still surprises us with his unabashed eroticism, his dazzling surfaces and his artistic experimentation. A master of the 19th century and a pioneer of the Secessionist movement, Klimt created a legacy of sumptuous tones and gold leaf textures, including such celebrated works as The Kiss and Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (The Golden Lady).

Defining decadence

The legacy of Gustav Klimt

A century after his death, the Viennese artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) still continues to amaze with his unabashed eroticism, dazzling surfaces and artistic experimentation. In this monograph we bring together all of Klimt's key works together with authoritative art-historical notes and material from his personal archive.
Lavishly illustrated, and including new photography from the acclaimed Stoclet Frieze series, the book traces Klimt's career and his prominent role in the Secessionist movement of 1897, his faithful depiction of the female body, and his dazzling golden age, in which gold leaf brought texture and brilliant tone to such celebrated works as The Kiss and Portrait of Adele Bloch Bauer I, also known as The Golden Lady.

About the publisher and author

Tobias G. Natter is an internationally renowned expert on Vienna in 1900. For many years he worked at the Galerie Belvedere in Vienna (Austria), where he became chief curator. He has been guest curator at the Tate Liverpool, the Neue Galerie in New York, the Hamburger Kunsthalle, the Schirn in Frankfurt am Main and at the Jewish Museum in Vienna. From 2006 to 2011 he was director of the Vorarlberg Museum in Bregenz and from 2011 to 2013 of the Leopold Museum in Vienna. In 2014 he founded Natter Fine Arts, specialising in the appraisal of works of art and the development of exhibition ideas. At TASCHEN she has published the books Gustav Klimt. Complete Works, Art for All. The Colour Woodcut in Vienna around 1900 and Egon Schiele. The Complete Works 1909-1918.

Publisher: Taschen