Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), the famous Austrian artist, is best known for his golden phase where his oil paintings included lots of gold leaf. The instantly recognizable "The Kiss" as well as the "Portrait of Adele Bloch- Bauer" have inspired a number of jewelry designers. 

The latter portrait inspired the beautiful copper bracelet shown above by urbanrose.  


The Kiss is now in the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna

The Kiss can be see here in the beaded fringe earrings by Ann of LittleRedKerchief. 


These clever resin based famous portrait earrings includes Klimt's The Kiss. Great collection by Rose of  MagicBloomStudio. 


The Kiss is well rendered in this beaded pattern for a pair of brick stitch earrings! That's not an easy thing to do considering the original painting's complexity!  The designer is Solomiia of  UnicornBeadsArt. She also has the kit for it. 



This "The Kiss" beaded bracelet pattern designed by Vitalija of  VitalijaVelyviene works for both peyote and loom. 


This gorgeous cross stitch pattern by Kamala of AlitonEmbroidery is of his most famous painting, the portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer. 



Gustav Klimt came from a very talented but poor family in Vienna, Austria. He was lucky as his talent was recognized when he was young and he went on to become a very successful artist with many wealthy patrons.  He developed his own radical style of portraiture with abstract backgrounds but detailed faces and hands. He was very much part of the artistic movement at the time where creative works were moving away from classical styles. 

Long after he died in 1918, his most famous portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer, became the world's most expensive painting, valued at $135 million. Raiders of the Lost Art's episode on this painting shows how it was stolen by the Nazis, and the long trail before it was returned to the rightful owner in 2006. Today, unlike some famous paintings which were privately bought and never seen again by others, this portrait is publicly available for viewing in the Neue Galerie in New York. 


A Gustav Klimt portrait lost for 100 years was recently rediscovered. It's estimated to be worth $54 million. 

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