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1	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/klimt.png]]
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3	Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) was an Austrian symbolist {{painter\|s}}.
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5	He was a member of the Vienna Secession movement, which disavowed the Association of Austrian Artists' traditionalism in favor of modern styles like ArtNouveau. As a result of his avant-garde sensibilities, much of his work is highly stylized, with bright color schemes and creative decorative patterns to establish texture. He frequently painted the female form, emotions, and erotic subject matter. Klimt also did commercial commissions, and painted murals and ceiling {{paintings}} for buildings in Vienna, though his tendency to portray nudes would often scandalize the establishment.
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7	Klimt died in 1918 at the age of 55. He left a strong artistic legacy that continues to influence artists today. [[SmallReferencePools Although if you've heard of any of his paintings]], it's likely ''The Kiss'' or ''The Woman in Gold''.
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11	!! Klimt's artworks:
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13	* ''Art/{{Goldfish}}''
14	* ''Art/{{The Kiss\|Klimt}}''
15	* ''Art/WaterSerpentsI''
16	* ''Art/TheWomanInGold''
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19	!!Tropes in his work:
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21	* DearNegativeReader: The painting ''Goldfish'' was originally titled ''To My Detractors'', and depicts a nymph mockingly baring her butt to the audience.
22	* GoldMakesEverythingShiny: He used a lot of gold leaf in his later paintings (including ''The Kiss''), resulting in shiny and glamorous-looking paintings.
23	* TheHecateSisters: The subject of ''The Three Ages of Woman'', showing an old woman, a mother, and a female child intertwined with each other.
24	* LifeDeathJuxtaposition: ''Death and Life'' has a skull-faced humanoid representing Death looking on at a group of humans entwined in each other representing Life.
25	* OffWithHisHead: Had a take on the apocryphal story of Judith beheading Holofernes. In ''Judith and the Head of Holofernes'', Judith is proud and beautiful while Holofernes's head is cut off by the painting's borders, almost an afterthought.
26	* PersonWithTheClothing: ''Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I'' is also called ''The Woman in Gold''.
27	* RavenHairIvorySkin: ''Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I'' (aka ''The Woman in Gold''): Adele's pale skin and raven hair contrast against the gold that dominates much of the painting.
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