Klimt's 'Kiss' Partner Emilie Shares Limelight in Vienna

Today is the 150th anniversary of the birth of Austrian symbolist painter, Gustav Klimt, known best as the creator of the famed painting "The Kiss" and the iconic portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer. "The Kiss," 1907-1908.Gustav Klimt may never have set foot in Japan, but his drawing “Fishblood” shows just how deeply he was influenced by Japanese art. The large, square-format drawing, pictured above, is among more than 100 works on display in a new Getty CenterGustav Klimt may never have set foot in Japan, but his drawing “Fishblood” shows just how deeply he was influenced by Japanese art. The large, square-format drawing, pictured above, is among more than 100 works on display in a new Getty CenterGustav Klimt was born on July 14th, 1862 in Baumgarten, a town near Vienna in then Austria-Hungary. Klimt began his artistic studies in 1876 after being awarded a

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