ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

Created from the 1890s until the artist's death in 1918, colorful and often poetic landscape paintings represent a relatively little-known aspect of the work of the great Viennese Symbolist Gustav Klimt. This exhibition, the first devoted exclusively to Klimt's landscapes, surveys the development of his style and highlights his favorite subjects, including the orchards, woods, gardens, and villas around the Attersee in western Austria. The exhibition will establish Klimt as a landscapist of exceptional daring who synthesized a range of influences, among them Japanese art, Van Gogh, Austrian landscape traditions, Cezanne, and his unique Viennese modernism, to create something entirely new and radical. Rarely seen landscapes by Klimt from public and private collections in Europe and the United States will be exhibited.

Gustav Klimt Landscapes

Edited by Stephan Koja
With essays by Christian Huemer, Stephan Koja, Peter Peer, Verena Perlhefter, Carl Schorske, Erhard Stöbe, and Anselm Wagner

$65.00 Hardcover
$35.00 Softcover

While the Austrian painter Gustav Klimt is largely revered for his opulent, symbol-laden portraits of the Viennese bourgeoisie, these works were just one aspect of his artistic expression. Klimt's landscapes represent an important facet of his career and are a valuable contribution to the school of European nature painting. For many years the artist traveled to the Austrian and Italian countryside during the summer, where he took advantage of the extraordinary light and spectacular hues. Among the most exquisite of Klimt's landscapes are those in which he experimented with composition and style; many of them reveal the influence of his contemporaries. Accompanied by essays from scholars, this visually stunning collection of all of Klimt's landscape paintings and drawings brings to light a little-known aspect of the artist's oeuvre, proving that his mastery extends beyond portraiture and revealing themes that appeared throughout his life's work.

220 pages, 9 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches
80 color and 150 black-and-white illustrations
2002
Published in association with Prestel
ISBN 3-7913-2677-5 (hardcover)
ISBN 0-931102-48-0 (softcover)