Klimt and the women of Vienna's golden age 1900-1918 / edited by Tobias G. Natter ; preface by Ronald S. Lauder ; foreword by Renee Price ; with contributions by Marian Bisanz-Prakken, Emily Braun, Carl Kraus, Jill Lloyd, Tobias G. Natter, Ernst Ploil, Elisabeth Schmuttermeier, Janis Staggs, Angela Volker, Christian Witt-Dorring.
"This catalogue has been published in conjunction with the exhibition Klimt and the women of Vienna's golden age: 1900-1918, Neue Galerie New York, September 22, 2016-January 16, 2017"--Page 6. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The Viennese woman : a community of strength / Jill Lloyd -- Klimt and Szerena Lederer : identity and contradictory realities of great art / Tobias G. Natter -- Empire of ornament : Klimt's portrait of Elisabeth Lederer / Emily Braun -- Klimt's studies for Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I / Marian Bisanz-Prakken -- The portrait of Gertha Loew / Ernst Ploil -- Mada Primavesi / Carl Kraus -- Paintings / texts by Tobias G. Natter -- Drawings -- Checklist -- Josef Hoffmann's and Koloman Moser's interior decoration : a larger framework for Klimt's portraits / Christian Witt-Dorring -- Furniture -- Checklist -- Bejeweled portraits and painted jewels : Klimt and Wiener Werkstatte jewelry / Janis Staggs -- Accessories from the Wiener Werkstatte / Elisabeth Schmuttermeier -- Jewelry and accessories -- Checklist -- Klimt, textiles, and fashion / Angela Volker -- Klimt, fashion, and popular culture -- Checklist.
Summary:
This authoritative and generously illustrated book highlights Gustav Klimt's portrayals of women in his work. Klimt was a central figure in Vienna at the turn of the twentieth century, and a crucial link between nineteenth-century Symbolism and Modernism. His sensual portrayals of women are among his most celebrated works and the focus of this book.
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