Gustav Klimt \nPortrait of an unknown woman, possibly the wife or daughter of the collector Dr August Heymann<\/h1>\n
c 1894 \nWien Museum, 61061<\/p>\n
Gustav Klimt is considered the main representative of Viennese Jugendstil<\/em>, and a major influence on the work of Egon Schiele and the young Oskar Kokoschka. In 1897 he was a co founder of the Vienna Secession. \nLike Hans Makart, he specialised in portraits of women in prestigious poses. One of his earliest (1894) is the head of an unknown woman \u2013 possibly the wife or daughter of collector Dr. August Heymann. She looks self-confidently at the viewer, her finely modelled face standing out against the stylised floral pattern of the background, in which characteristics of his later painting are already recognisable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Gustav Klimt Portrait of an unknown woman, possibly the wife or daughter of the collector Dr August Heymann c 1894 Wien Museum, 61061 Gustav Klimt is considered the main representative of Viennese Jugendstil, and a major influence on the work of Egon Schiele and the young Oskar Kokoschka. In 1897 he was a co founder […]<\/p>\n