Thursday, June 4, 2009
Klimt, Gustav The kiss paintingThe famous Austrian painter, Gustav Klimt takes the crown for most popular artwork in the world. His sensual creation, The Kiss, is the most popular oil painting on the planet according to sales statistics of the online art gallery
The Kiss is a fascinating icon of the loss of self that lovers experience. Only the faces and hands of this couple are visible; all the rest is great swirl of gold, studded with colored rectangles as if to express visually the emotional and physical explosion of erotic love.Just as Munch can be associated with both Symbolism and Expressionism, so the art of the Austrian painter, Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), is a curious and elegant synthesis of Symbolism and Art Nouveau.
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