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I've never seen these Klimt birch works.
Thank you.
Dear lord, Klimt’s stuff is unsettling. (Most of it)
Interesting. I've never thought of his work as unsettling.
Interesting, I found his theme selection and overall style to be the exact opposite. Goya's black paintings, now that's unsettling...
Doesn't look that much surreal to me!
Despite being rather flat the textures (esp the tree bases) come off as very real. It's a bit unsettling really. Well done Gustav.
Personally I like them, but am left wondering if he ever really mastered light & shade.
Indeed, I'm not sure he ever really needed to, based on his main body of work.
He did, just didn't stylistically utilize it. Like Picasso abandoning all traditional techniques despite being an expert at it
Do you know of any particular examples? (of Klimt's light & shadow work)
Blind man, 1896.
Portrait work he did early career but work he still highly valued.
Portrait of an old man, 1896.
These could've been a post of their own lol
Edit. Looks a bit like professor McGonagall. (Forgot her real name)
Cool! Thanks for sharing those!
There was a period he was training to be an art teacher and made a lot of academic paintings. He also became a historical painter par excellence. This obviously involved the more traditional academic style. Like his male nude for example.
