Product:

Silk scarf / Jacquard woven / 440 x 1600 mm; 100% silk

Artwork: Beethoven Frieze (1902)

Artist: Gustav Klimt

Vienna 1862 - Vienna 1918

Museum: Belvedere, Vienna

Painted in 1902 for the 14th Vienna Secessionist exhibition, the Beethoven Frieze was meant to celebrate the composer Ludwig van Beethoven. It was painted directly onto the walls of the housing of the exhibition, as it was only intended to be used there. The painting was preserved ever since, yet only went on display again in 1986. The Vienna Secession Building now has it on permanent display.The frieze's fame and popularity have earned it a collector's coin, the Austrian 100 euro "Secession Coin", minted in November 10, 2004.

Artist Details

Gustav Klimt studierte ab 1877 an der Wiener Kunstgewerbeschule bei Ferdinand Laufberger. Bereits während seines Studiums gründete er mit seinem Bruder Ernst Klimt und seinem Kollegen Franz Matsch eine Künstlergemeinschaft, die sogen. "Künstlercompagnie", die ab 1883 Dekorationsaufträge in der ganzen Monarchie ausführte. Klimt war 1897 Mitbegründer der "Secession" und auch ihr erster Präsident. Noch vor der Jahrhundertwende entwickelte Klimt seinen neuen Stil, in dem sich neoimpressionistische und symbolistische Elemente zu einem Ornamentstil verbinden. Das Belvedere in Wien besitzt die größte Gustav Klimt Sammlung der Welt, zudem neben dem "Kuß" auch das Gemälde "Mohnwiese" zählt. Gustav Klimt studied from 1877 at the Vienna School of Applied Arts (Wiener Kunstgewerbeschule) and was instructed by Ferdinand Laufberger. Already during his studies he founded together with his brother Ernst Klimt and his colleague Franz Matsch a circle of artists called "Künstlercompagnie", which carried out all decoration works in the whole Monarchy from 1883 onwards. In 1897, Klimt was co-founder and also first President of the "Secession". Still before the turn of the century, Klimt developed his new style, in which neo-impressionist and symbolist elements are combined to an ornamental style. The Belvedere in Vienna has the largest Gustav Klimt collection in the world, to which besides "Kuß" (Kiss) also the painting "Mohnwiese" (Poppy Field) belongs.