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Gustav Klimt Paintings

Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Adele Bloch Bauer I (1907) is considered a masterpiece of Klimt’s so-called “Golden Style.” Few paintings have captured the public's imagination as thoroughly as the Woman in Gold. Klimt's painting of the Jewish socialite not only rendered Adele’s irresistible beauty and sensuality; its intricate ornamentation and exotic motifs heralded the dawn of modernity and a culture intent on radically forging a new identity. 

The Woman in Gold remains permanently at the Neue Galerie.

This major exhibition of Gustav Klimt's (1862–1918) idyllic depictions in the landscape genre features significant paintings made while the artist was on his Sommerfrische (summer holiday) in the Austrian countryside. "Klimt Landscapes" presents highlights from Neue Galerie New York's holdings, such as Park at Kammer Castle (1909) and Forester’s House in Weissenbach II (Garden) (1914), alongside important loans from museums and private collections in Europe and the United States, including works from the Harvard Art Museums, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Wien Museum. For the last twenty years of his career, Klimt devoted considerable energy to painting landscapes during his summer vacations on the Attersee in the Salzkammergut region of Austria, known for its tranquil lakes. Created purely for his own pleasure, these bucolic scenes became among his most sought-after pictures and were highly coveted by collectors. Most were made in a square format—a reflection of his fascination with photography.