I’ve never seen these Klimt birch works.
Thank you.
Doesn’t look that much surreal to me!
Birch forests in the fall look already magical and Klimpt has cranked it up to 11 in these pictures.
Yeah, maybe it’s the small screen in which I can’t see the intended effect… I didn’t want to take anything away from the paintings, they’re wonderful!
Despite being rather flat the textures (esp the tree bases) come off as very real. It’s a bit unsettling really. Well done Gustav.
Dear lord, Klimt’s stuff is unsettling. (Most of it)
Interesting, I found his theme selection and overall style to be the exact opposite. Goya’s black paintings, now that’s unsettling…
Interesting. I’ve never thought of his work as unsettling.
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)
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.
Blind man, 1896.
Portrait work he did early career but work he still highly valued.
