Golden Phase

Klimt’s golden phase was thought to begin with his Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer in 1907, but he began using gold in his paintings with Pallas Athene in 1898, and in an image here called Judith I or Judith with the Head of Holofernes in 1901.

Title: Jurisprudence
Description: An allegorical painting.
Creator: Klimt, Gustav
Date: 1903
Rights: Creative Commons CCO License
Subject: symbolism (artistic concept); Art Nouveau
Medium: Oil on Canvas

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Title: Water Snakes II
Description: Two or three women swiming.
Creator: Klimt, Gustav
Date: 1907
Rights: Creative Commons CCO License
Subject: symbolism (artistic concept); gold leaf; Art Nouveau; women (female humans)
Medium: Oil and golf leaf on canvas

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Title: Danae
Description: A depiction of the myth of Danae, who is impregnated through a golden shower by the God Zeus.
Creator: Klimt, Gustav
Date: 1907-1908
Rights: Wurthle Gallery, Vienna, Austria
Subject: Art Nouveau; gold leaf; myths; nudes (representations); women (female humans)
Medium: Oil and golf leaf on canvas

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Title: Hope I
Description: A young, pregnant female, surrounded by dark creatures.
Creator: Klimt, Gustav
Date: 1901
Rights: National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Subject: symbolism (artistic concept); Art Nouveau; nudes (representations); women (female humans)
Medium: Oil on canvas

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Title: Judith and the Head of Holofernes
Description: A painting of a myth, Judith who slays Holofernes.
Creator: Klimt, Gustav
Date: 1901
Rights: Ostrava Fine Arts Gallery, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Subject: gold leaf; Art Nouveau; myths
Medium: Oil and gold leaf on canvas

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Title: The Three Ages of Woman
Description: Three women depicting three ages in the life cycle of a woman.
Creator: Klimt, Gustav
Date: 1905
Rights: Galleria National d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome, Italy
Subject: symbolism (artistic concept); Art Nouveau; nudes (representations); women (female humans)
Medium: Oil on canvas

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Title: Standing Nude
Description: Sketch of a standing woman.
Creator: Klimt, Gustav
Date: 1906-1907
Rights: The Metropolitan Museum
Subject: sketches; nudes (representations); women (female humans)
Medium: Pencil on paper

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Title: Reclining Nude with Outstretched Left Arm
Description: A drawing of a starved young woman laying on her back.
Creator: Klimt, Gustav
Date: 1903-1904
Rights: The Metropolitan Museum
Subject: sketches; nudes (representations); women (female humans); starvation
Medium: Pencil on paper

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