Gustav Klimt (1862-1918 Austria) More cultural and artistic informations about the painter * * * Main works : The kiss, The Tree of life, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer, The Beethovenfries Artistic movements : Art Nouveau and Vienna Secession. Inspiration, influence : Byzantine art and the Art Deco gold accent His contemporaries : All the revival of the German and Viennese art. Schiele, Kokoshka, Klee, as well as all those who contributed to the birth of the Expressionism. To keep in mind : Remarkable by the way he changed the world of the painting, Gustav Klimt is one of the main representatives of the Modern Art. To go further : Two movies speak about the artist and about his work : "Klimt" of Raul Ruiz in 2005 and "Woman in Gold" of Simon Curtis 2015.