The illustrated monograph

An essay of nearly 10,000 words on Gustav Klimt — the engraver's son who led the Secession, the scandal of the Faculty paintings, the golden phase, the women, the Attersee, the restitutions — followed by the complete catalogue of the 178 works with an image recorded by Wikidata: 149 paintings, 18 studies and works on paper, 11 destroyed, lost or doubtful works, each illustrated and given a commentary — over 60,000 words of commentary. Its pages, listed below, read like any other page of the site — click any image to enlarge it, arrow keys ← → to navigate. The catalogue is served in six pages so each loads smoothly.

Gustav Klimt in 1887 — photograph, Wikimedia Commons.

Key facts

The essay: ≈ 9,700 words in 6 pages: Vienna and the Secession, the gold, the women, the Attersee, the restitutions, four pictures
The catalogue: 178 works in 6 pages — the paintings (4 pages), studies and papers (1), lost and doubtful (1)
The commentaries: ≈ 60,700 words — Secession and Ver Sacrum, commissions and scandals, seizures and restitutions (Bloch-Bauer), the pictures burned in 1945
Language: English — the rest of the site is bilingual
Sources: Wikidata (works, dates, collections, dimensions); images from Wikimedia Commons (internet connection required)

The essay, in six pages

The split follows the essay's chapters — no section is cut
Page	Chapters
Essay · Vienna and the Secession	Prologue — I. The engraver's son — II. The Secession and the University pictures
Essay · The golden phase	III. The golden phase — IV. The Beethoven Frieze — V. The Secession, Ver Sacrum, Vienna 1900
Essay · The women and the making	VI. The patrons — VII. The women — VIII. How a Klimt is made
Essay · The Attersee and the private man	IX. The Attersee: the landscapes — X. Life, death, and the private man
Essay · Reception and restitutions	XI. Reception, restitution, and the modern Klimt
Essay · Four pictures, closely	XII. Four pictures, closely — XIII. How to look at a Klimt — Coda

The catalogue, in six pages

Order is chronological within each section
Page	Works	Section
Catalogue · 1879–1899	38	The paintings
Catalogue · 1899–1904	38	The paintings
Catalogue · 1904–1911	38	The paintings
Catalogue · 1911–1917	35	The paintings
On paper · 1897–1916	18	Studies, cartoons and papers
Lost and doubtful · 1896–1917	11	Destroyed, lost, doubtful

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