the maiden gustav klimt

the maiden gustav klimtThe Maiden occupies a special place in the work of Gustav Klimt. Its key theme is the relationship between beauty, youth, mortality and the celebration of young life. Klimt painted it in his last creative period, when the theme of the "femme fatale" gave way to the dreamy sensuality of a young girl. His virtuoso drawing was combined with a stylized planar abbreviation and intense colors. The Virgin sleeps peacefully under a blanket decorated with

How does it work

It captures the viewer's attention with delicately pearlescent light effects and the insistent gaze of the model

The Eiffel Tower

The balanced composition and the harmony of the colours reflect the joie de vivre and the conviviality of the moments of relaxation in the open air

To break the too perfect symmetry of this post-impressionnist painting

absorbed in his task

then First Consul

the artist takes a tender yet resigned look at the end of human existence

In this post-impressionist composition

he broke away from the instinctive technique of the Impressionists and became interested in the theory of colors in order to invent the technique of pointillism

but also an exploration of the relationship between human emotion and landscape

The background of the painting