Gustav Klimt was an Austrian symbolist painter and a founding member of the Vienna Secession movement. His work helped define the Art Nouveau style in Europe. Klimt is known for his paintings, murals,
Photographic portrait from 1914
A section of the Beethoven Frieze, at Secession Building in Vienna (1902)
Adele Bloch-Bauer I , which sold for a record US$135M in 2006, Neue Galerie New York (1907)
Pallas Athena is an oil painting created by Austrian painter Gustav Klimt in 1898. It depicts Athena, the goddess of wisdom and war in ancient Greek mythology. It is often considered to be the earlies
Klimt's depiction of Athena in the Kunsthistorisches Museum (second figure from left)