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Gustav Klimt Biography
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1862 |
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Born in Baumgarten, Austria
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1876 |
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Studies at the Kunstgewerbeschule Vienna, Austria
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1891 |
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Member of the Co-operative Society of Austrian Artists
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1893 |
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Commissioned to paint Great Hall of the new University of Vienna, Austria (series of paintings provoke controversy)
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1897 |
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Co-founder & first president of The Secession Mouvement, Vienna, Austria
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1900 |
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Receives Grand Prix at Paris World Fair for "Philosophy"
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1905 |
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Organizes new association "Kunstschau" (Art Show), Vienna, Austria
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1905 - 1909 |
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Wiener Werkstätte commission; designs mosaic murals at Palais Stoclet, Brussels, Belgium
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1918 |
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Died due to an apoplexy in Vienna, Austria
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2007
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"Gustave Klimt - Landscapes," Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam
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2007
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"Gustav Klimt," Fundación Juan March, Madrid
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2007
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"Schiele, Klimt, Kokoschka e gli amici viennesi." Museo dArte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto
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2006
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"Black, Black & White, White," Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York, NY
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2006
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"Toorop in Vienna - inspiring Klimt," Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Den Haag
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2006
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"Gustav Klimt," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
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2005
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"Gustav Klimt - Papiers Erotiques," Musée Maillol - Fondation Dina Vierny, Paris
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2005
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"Klimt, Schiele, Moser, Kokoschka - Vienna 1900," Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris
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2005
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"Recent Acquisitions - And Some Thoughts on the Current Art Market," Galerie St. Etienne, New York, NY
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2005
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"Die Sinnliche Linie – Japanischer Holzschnitt, Klimt, Schmalix, Araki, Takano," Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg
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2004
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"Klimt Schiele Klee: Wotruba and the avant-garde," Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Den Haag
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2004
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"Das MoMA in Berlin. Meisterwerke aus dem Museum of Modern Art, New York," Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin
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2004
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"Gustav Klimt - Disegni - dalla collezione Sabarsky," Galleria Civica d´Arte Moderna e Contemporanea - Torino, Turin
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2004
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"Reflections and Shadows: Impressionism and 19th-Century Style," The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
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2003
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"Gustav Klimt bis Paul Klee: Wotruba und die Moderne," Albertina, Vienna
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2003
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"Nackt!.Frauenansichten - Malerabsichten - Aufbruch zur Moderne." Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie, Frankfurt/Main
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2003
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"Espíritu de Modernidad: De Goya a Giacometti," Fundación Juan March, Madrid
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2002
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"Der Akt in der Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts," Kunsthalle in Emden, Emden
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2002
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"Klimt-Landschaften," Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna
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2002
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"Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung des Kunstmuseums Solothurn," Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Solothurn
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2002
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"La collezione Rau. Sei secoli di grande pittura europea," Galleria dArte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Bergamo
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2001
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"Gustav Klimt: Modernism in the Making," National Gallery of Canada - Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
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2001
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"Ornament und Abstraktion," Foundation Beyeler, Riehen
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2001
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"A Legacy For Learning," Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, Stanford, CA
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2000
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"Klimt und die Frauen," Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna
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1999
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"Lineamente International: Von der Linie zur Zeichnung," Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz
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1999
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"De Durero a Rauschenberg: La quintaesencia del dibujo," Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Bilbao
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1992
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Gustav Klimt, Kunsthaus Zurich, Switzerland
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1989
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Gustav Klimt (50th Anniversary Exhibition), Galerie St. Etienne New York, NY
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1987
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Gustav Klimt, Musées des Beaux Arts Brussels, Belgium
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1987
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Gustav Klimt: 100 Dessins, Foundation Giannada Martigny, Switzerland
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1986
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Vienne 1880-1938, Centre Pompidou Paris, France
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1986
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Vienna 1900, Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
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1986
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Viennese Design & the Wiener Werkstätte, Galerie St. Etienne New York, NY
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1986
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Otto Kallir-Nirenstein: Ein Wegbereiter Österreichischer Kunst, Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien Vienna, Austria
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1985
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Traum und Wirklichkeit, Künstlerhaus Vienna, Austria
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1985
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Gustav Klimt--Egon Schiele, Tokyo Art Gallery Tokyo, Japan
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1984
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Gustav Klimt: Zeichnungen aus amerikanischem Privatbesitz, Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien Vienna, Austria
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1984
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Le Arti a Vienna, Palazzo Grassi Venice, Italy
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1984
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Arnold Schoenberg's Vienna, Galerie St. Etienne New York, NY
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1983
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Gustav Klimt: Drawings & Paintings, Galerie St. Etienne New York, NY
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1981
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Austria's Expressionism, Galerie St. Etienne New York, NY
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1980
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Gustav Klimt--Egon Schiele, Galerie St. Etienne New York, NY
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1970
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Gustav Klimt: Drawings, Galerie St. Etienne New York, NY
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1969
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Creative Austria--20th century, Philadelphia Civic Center Philadelphia, PA
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1968
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Gustav Klimt--Egon Schiele, Albertina Vienna, Austria
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1965
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Gustav Klimt--Egon Schiele, Guggenheim Museum New York, NY
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1964
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Austrian Expressionists, Galerie St. Etienne and other venues New York, NY
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1963
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Viennese Expressionism 1910-24, University of California and other venues Berkeley, CA
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1959
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Gustav Klimt: Paintings (1st American show), Galerie St. Etienne New York, NY
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1958
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Gustav Klimt: Gedächtnisausstellung, Albertina Vienna, Austria
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1926
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Gustav Klimt: Gedächtnisausstellung, Vienna Secession Vienna, Austria
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1926
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Gustav Klimt, Neue Galerie Vienna, Austria
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1918
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Gustav Klimt: Handzeichnungen, Kunstsalon Nebehay Vienna, Austria
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1910
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Gustav Klimt, Galerie Miethke Vienna, Austria
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1909
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Internationale Kunstschau, Vienna, Austria
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1908
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Kunstschau, Vienna, Austria
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1902
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14th Secession Exhibition; including Klimt's Beethoven Frieze, Secession Vienna, Austria
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1898
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First exhibition of the Vienna Secession, Secession Vienna, Austria
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