His major works include paintings, murals, sketches, and other art objects, many of which are on display in the Vienna Secession gallery. Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862 – February 6, 1918) is best-known as a founder of the Vienna Secession and a leading light of the worldwide Art Nouveau movement. 1902 becomes an important year for the group. In 1918, Gustav Klimt suffered from a stroke in his apartment; and, on February 6th of that year, he dies due to pneumonia. All three sons displayed artistic talent early on. Between 1862 and 1884, the Klimts moved frequently, living at no fewer than five different … Klimt’s most successful works include The Kiss (1908–09) and a series of portraits of fashionable Viennese matrons, such as Fritza Riedler (1906) and Adele Bloch-Bauer I (1907). See all 16 formats and editions Hide other formats and editions. His father, Ernst Klimt, formerly from Bohemia, was a gold engraver. iKlimt features the life and work of Austrian painter Gustav Klimt The Secession was formed in 1897 by a group of 19 Vienna artists who had resigned from the Association of Austrian Artists, housed in the Vienna Künstlerhaus. Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862 - February 6, 1918) Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862 - February 6, 1918) was an Austrian Symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Art Nouveau (Vienna Secession) movement. Klimt lived a simple, cloistered life, in which he avoided other artists and café society. The most ambitious designs, the "Beethoven exhibition", are organized. The young artist's training also included close studies of the works of Titian and Peter Paul Rubens. Klimt Life and Work Hardcover – May 19, 2004 by Susanna Partsch (Author) 4.7 out of 5 stars 17 ratings. They decide to turn their fourteenth exhibition into a special art event, into a holistic experience of art. Gustav Klimt was born in Baumgarten, near Vienna, the second of seven children — three boys and four girls. The primary subject of his work is the female body, and his subject matter is strikingly erotic for the time. The Klimt family was poor, as work was scarce in the early years of the Habsburg Empire, especially for minority ethnic groups, due in large part to the 1873 stock market crash.