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Gustav Klimt (1862–1918), an Austrian painter born in Baumgarten, trained at Vienna’s School of Applied Arts from 1876. His early career involved major official decorative commissions, including the Burgtheater staircase, painted between 1886 and 1888, and that of the Kunsthistorisches Museum. He gradually moved away from academic conventions towards Symbolist painting. In 1897, he helped establish the Vienna Secession and became its president. Pallas Athene, painted in 1898, belongs to this period of artistic renewal. Philosophy, presented in 1900, formed part of the paintings intended for the University of Vienna. Drawing also accompanied his research: a 1903 study for the portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer documents preparation of the seated figure before the painting of 1907.
This profile brings together identity references for Gustav Klimt and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
Kornfeld · Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer · Germann · Piguet
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Pencil, blue and red colour pencil, heightened with white, on imitation Japan paper
Catalogue period : 2025-09-12
Published result : 410000 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 250000
View the lot at the auction house ↗Pencil, red coloured pencil, heightened with white, on imitation Japan paper
Catalogue period : 2025-09-12
Published result : 160000 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 175000
View the lot at the auction house ↗Drawing in charcoal
Catalogue period : 2022-06-17
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 50000
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Pencil on paper
Brustbild eines nackten Mädchens nach rechts, um 1916
Bleistift auf Papier
Catalogue period : 2020-09-23
Published result : 19446 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 15000–20000
View the lot at the auction house ↗Pencil
Catalogue period : 2020-09-18
Published result : 80000 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 40000
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Adele Bloch-Bauer, in der Diagonale sitzend
Bleistift
Catalogue period : 2017-06-16
Published result : 41000 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 50000
View the lot at the auction house ↗Pencil on imitation Japan paper
Date to be documented
Published result : 100000 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
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Bleistiftzeichnung auf Packpapier.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Oil on canvas
Le baiser,
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2013-12-09
Published result : 400 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 400–600
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