The Kiss by Gustav Klimt

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The Kiss by Gustav Klimt is a famous early 20th-century Symbolist painting depicting an embracing couple adorned in elaborate gold patterns, celebrated as an icon of Viennese Art Nouveau.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Art Nouveau artwork
Symbolist painting
oil painting
painting
artist Gustav Klimt
background golden field
collection Österreichische Galerie Belvedere
colorPalette gold-dominated
completionDate 1908
countryOfOrigin Austria
creator Gustav Klimt
culturalSignificance icon of Viennese Art Nouveau
masterpiece of early 20th-century European painting
depicts embracing couple
flowers
golden halo-like background
kiss
man
woman
femaleFigureRobePattern circles
follows Judith and the Head of Holofernes
genre allegorical painting
symbolic representation of lovers
height 180 cm
inception 1907
1908
languageOfTitle German
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Vienna
locatedInTheCountry Austria
location Österreichische Galerie Belvedere
maleFigureRobePattern rectangles
movement Art Nouveau
Symbolism
Viennese Secession
linked to: Vienna Secession
originalTitle Der Kuss
partOf Klimt's Golden Phase
shape square
style decorative
ornamental
support canvas
surface patterned robes
theme eroticism
intimacy
love
title The Kiss
usesMaterial gold leaf
oil paint
silver leaf
width 180 cm

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Belvedere Palace, Vienna collectionIncludes The Kiss by Gustav Klimt
The Embrace sharesThemeWith The Kiss (Gustav Klimt painting)
linked to: The Kiss by Gustav Klimt