Gustav Klimt

One of my favorite art periods was Art Nouveau, developed in the 1880s and 1890s. Such artist as Klimt, Mucha, Henri de Toulouse-Lautre, and Gaudi inspired the era. On my travels through Europe I was introduced to this style of art, specifically during a visit to Spain and Italy.

I'm excited to find some of Gustav's painting on exhibition in Los Angeles and thought I'd share it with anyone out there who also appreciates Art Nouveau. For more information on this era you can go to this link:

Anatomy of an Exhibition

Exhibition runs (April 4 –June 30, 2006)

LACMA is honored to announce a special exhibition of five important paintings by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt (1862–1918). The paintings were recently returned by the Austrian government to the family of Maria Altmann, of Los Angeles, following a lengthy legal dispute over the rightful ownership of these works stolen by the Nazi regime.

The five masterpieces by Klimt epitomize the height of Viennese Jugendstil. They include two portraits of Maria Altmann’s aunt, Adele Bloch-Bauer (1881–1925) and three landscapes, Beechwood (1903), Apple Tree I (ca. 1911), and Houses in Unterach on Lake Atter (1916). The five paintings, which until recently hung in the Austrian Gallery Belvedere in Vienna, have never before been shown together in the United States.

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