Gustav Klimt. The Complete Paintings

Fall under the spell of Gustav Klimt. Over a century after his death, Viennese artist Gustav Klimt (1862 - 1918) still startles with his unabashed eroticism, dazzling surfaces, and artistic experimentation. In this neat, dependable monograph, we gather all of Klimt's paintings alongside authoritative art historical commentary and privileged archival material from Klimt's own archive to trace the evolution of his astonishing oeuvre.

With top-quality illustration, including new photography of the celebrated Stoclet Frieze, the book follows Klimt through his prominent role in the Secessionist movement of 1897, his candid rendering of the female body, and his lustrous golden phase when gold leaf brought a shimmering tone and texture to such beloved works as The Kiss and Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, also known as The Woman in Gold.

Tobias G. Natter is an acknowledged expert on art in Vienna around 1900. For many years he was curator at the Belvedere Gallery in Vienna, directed the Vorarlberg Museum in Bregenz, and the Leopold Museum in Vienna. In 2014 he founded Natter Fine Arts, which specializes in assessing works of art and developing exhibition concepts. He is the author of Taschen's Gustav Klimt. Complete Paintings, and Egon Schiele. The Complete Paintings 1909 - 1918.

The book is part of the Bibliotheca Universalis series from Taschen.

Gustav Klimt: controversy and topicality - Tobias G. Natter
The salon painter: early works - early career - Rainald Franz, Angelina Pötschner
Sacred spring and the dawn of a new era: The Vienna Secession - Christoph Grunenberg
The Stoclet frieze: an artificial garden in the heart of the house - Anette Freytag
Paintings of women - Susanna Partsch
The landscapes: a reconstructed nature - Evelyn Benesch
Biography - Michaela Reichel
Selected bibliography
Index