Talk:Gustav Klimt
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How is Klimt Famous? Was Klimt famous when he was alive?
yes he was actually very famous when he was alive, being one of Vienna's most prominent painters during his era. --76.179.69.188 20:05, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] The Kiss
Do we have free photographs of The Kiss? David.Monniaux 09:24, 6 May 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Klimt and J.D. Rockefeller
The staff of the Special Collections Research Center at the University of Chicago cannot find evidence linking Klimt to the seal of the university. The design of the U of C Seal was a reworking in different form of the slightly earlier design of the U of C Coat of Arms. The Coat of Arms was designed by Pierre de Chaignon la Rose, a heraldic specialist in Boston working under contract to the Board of Trustees. The information in the University Archives is that the Seal was designed in 1912 by the Boston firm of John Evans & Co., architectural sculptors for Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge of Boston, the firm then serving as the architects for the University of Chicago.
See "The Phoenix and the Book" in The University of Chicago Magazine 6:7 (June 1912): 243-248.
[edit] I removed the following section about a Klimt painting lawsuit, because it is extremely biased and does not have much to do with Gustav Klimt
"On June 7, 2004, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that 88-year-old Maria Altmann, the niece of Klimt model Adele Bloch-Bauer, could sue Austria in a U.S. court for the return of six Klimt paintings stolen from her uncle by the occupying Nazis in 1938. Kept by Austria after the war, the paintings are currently displayed in Vienna's Belvedere Palace. The paintings include the celebrated Adele Bloch-Bauer I and have a market value estimated at more than $150,000,000." and he is a wanka of an aritst Just one example: Adele Bloch-Bauer wanted Austria to inherit these paintings. This is clearly stated in her will [1]. The Nazis stealing the paintings however prevented this wish to be carried out. All in all this is a very complicated juristical case, which can definitely not be summed up in several lines. Wikipedia should be a place for facts, not to express views of one side of warring factions.
- While the will did bequeath the paintings to the gallery, it was determined that Adele's husband, Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer, was in fact the owner of the paintings, not Adele herself. He had had paintings for over ten years before they were stolen, and it was determined that they had never been in Adele's posession. [2] This information probably really belongs at the article about the suit, but it's good to clear up any misinformation anyway lest people be misled. Theshibboleth 21:43, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] speculation
"There is speculation that Klimt painted female figures decaptiated and in gross sexual detail prior to painting his signature necklaces and robes. It has been suggested that the high angle of the head almost universally present in Klimt's paintings is an indication of the dismembered forms painted beneath."
needs to be sourced (I am not even sure what it means -- decapitated? Like in a horror movie?) Sdedeo 08:20, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
- What does this do cos i am board out of ma skull "gross sexual detail" mean? Sure, there are several Klimt works which could almost be considered pornographic, by the way. (Sorry, never mind the second sentence, I was thinking about Egon Schiele. Excuse me.) 85.226.122.205 02:03, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] main image
The main image on the top right should be the one of klimt, should it not?
otherwise its out of sync with almost allother wiki pages...
Removed the "gay" remark at the references...--RexNecros 01:04, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Removing the "gay" remark
--RexNecros 01:10, 16 June 2006 (UTC)Hey, if anyone knows that Mr. Klimt was gay please don’t put it in the notes section without an explanation in the notes. I removed the “gay” word from the notes, I personally don’t know if was either intended to be informative or just pure vandalizing.
[edit] legacy
just after his influence on egon schiele this article notes that on of his paintings inspired a danielle steel novel. come on. i take that off, if trashy romance novel need to have a place in this article too, maybe there can be a section trivia or something trueblood 12:50, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Catalogue of his work?
Does anybody know what book (or website) would be the most comprehensive guide to his work? This article doesn't indicate how prolific he was. A good friend likes his work very much and such a book would be a nice gift. Thanks. 193.1.172.163 22:36, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] liberace's piano
Upon a moment of exhausted rambling about my favorite artist- Klimt, today at work in the University art department, I made a remark about a piano I have seen photos of which was decorated by the artist. I mentioned that it was created for Liberace, and after thinking, realized that is impossible. Klimt died in 1919, the year Liberace was born. I am sure though, that I have read that Liberace owned a piano of the sort however. Is anyone familiar with this? If so, are there any photos available?
[edit] Restructuring biography
I'm going to try and restructure his biography so it has different sections fo each of the eras in his life. It's a little hard to read with everything jumbled together. --76.179.69.188 20:05, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
