Gustav Klimt

Gustav Klimt is now celebrated as a quintessential artist of the Art Nouveau movement, but he was one of a number of Viennese artists who strove to break free of the constraints of the late 19th century academic art establishment. Secessionists were united, not in the style of their work, but their desire for freedom.The 1890s were a time of sweeping change across the world of art. Inspired by the Munich and Berlin Secessions, and the Art Nouveau and Arts & Crafts movements developing acros...