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Klimt Portrait of Margarethe Stonborough-Wittgenstein
" Gustav Klimt 055 " by Gustav Klimt - The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei. DVD-ROM, 2002. ISBN 3936122202 . Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH.. Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons .
Klimt's "Beethoven Frieze"
The Beethoven Frieze is a painting by Gustav Klimt on display in the Secession Building located in Vienna , Austria . Description In 1902, Klimt painted the Beethoven Frieze for the 14th Vienna Secessionist exhibition, which was intended to be a celebration of the composer and featured a monumental polychrome sculpture by Max Klinger . Meant for the exhibition only, the frieze was painted directly on the walls with light materials. After the exhibition the painting was preserved, although it did not go on display again until 1986. The Beethoven Frieze is now on permanent display in the Vienna Secession Building . The frieze illustrates human desire for happiness in a suffering and tempestuous world in which one contends not only with external evil forces but also with internal weaknesses. The viewer follows this journey of discovery in a stunning visual and linear fashion. It begins gently with the floating female Genii searching the Earth but soon follows the dark, sinist...
The Golden Knight Beethoven Frieze
The Golden Knight Beethoven Frieze , a photo by CheBella2012 on Flickr.
Klimt's Beethoven Frieze
Klimt's Beethoven Frieze , a photo by jonfholl on Flickr. Though preferring Schiele to Klimt, I too remember this frieze as being quite impressive. I'm not sure that any of my photos have survived.