Description
Gustav Klimt symbolizes the height of Viennese art at the beginning of the 20th century—an unusually creative and innovative period in painting, music, and literature. At the core of his works are the iconic The Kiss and his “golden” portraits of the Viennese super-rich such as the $135 million dollar masterpiece of Adele Bloch-Bauer. This program will provide a retrospective of his often dramatic (and sometimes scandalous) life and career, focusing particularly on the collections of the Belvedere Palace in Vienna (home of The Kiss and numerous other Klimt works) and Neue Galerie in New York where Adele Bloch-Bauer’s famous portrait hangs today.
