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'''Gustav Klimt''' ([[July 14]], [[1862]] - [[February 6]], [[1918]]) was an [[Austria|Austrian]] [[Symbolist painters|Symbolist painter]] and one of the most prominent members of [[Vienna]] [[Art Nouveau]] movement.<table align=left><tr><td>[[Image:GustavKlimt.jpg]]</td></tr><tr><td><center>'''- ''Gustav Klimt'' -'''</center></td></tr></table> Gustav Klimt was born in [[Baumgarten]], near [[Vienna, Austria]]. He was educated at the Vienna Kunstgewerbe Art School in the years 1879-1883. Klimt was also a honorary member of the universities of [[Munich]] and Vienna.

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His major works include paintings, murals, sketches and other art objects, many of which are on display in the Vienna Secession [[art gallery|gallery]].
One of the founding members of the so-called ''Wiener Sezession'' ([[Vienna Secession]]) and a periodical "Ver Sacrum".
Klimt is known for his use of gold in paintings. This can be seen in the painting to the right, ''Judith I'', painted in 1901.
* Vienna University mural paintings
* [[Palais Stocklet]] mosaic in [[Brussels]]
* "Salome" (1909)
* "The Kiss" (1907)
* Beethoven frieze at Secession gallery in Vienna

Gustav Klimt died in Vienna and was interred at the Hietzing Cemetery, Vienna.

Klimt&#8217;s 1914 painting titled &#8220;Landhaus am Attersee&#8221; was stolen by the [[Nazis]] during [[World War II]] but was recently given back to the heirs of the collector. It sold in November of 2003 for US$29.1million.

==External links==
[http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/klimt/ Web Museum Klimt page]

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