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Gustav Klimt

Gustav Klimt

Artist

WA-00000119

DrawingFiguration

Representation

None documented

26

Institutional Exhibitions

17

Works in Collection

59

Assets Indexed

6

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Influence Graph

Authority Records (1)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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The Modern Poster

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988

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Vienna 1900: Art, Architecture and Design

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1986

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Drawing in Austria and Germany

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985

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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984

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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Drawings

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984

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The Modern Drawing: 100 Works on Paper from The Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983–1984

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The Symbolist Aesthetic

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1980–1981

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Masterpieces from the Collection: Selections from the Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Centuries

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1980–1981

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Reinstallation of the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1980

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Gifts of Drawing

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

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Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978

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European Master Paintings from Swiss Collections: Post-Impressionism to World War II

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976–1977

Field Verification (5 fields)

0 cross-verified · 5 single-source

LocationGallery Generic + Unknown· 72%
BiographyUnknown· 30%
Birth yearUnknown· 30%
NationalityUnknown· 30%
Profile imageUnknown· 30%

Source Registry (3)

Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/gustav-klimt
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
White-Cubehttps://www.artsy.net/artist/gustav-klimt
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3147
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for Gustav Klimt yet.

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Related Artists

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Museum Collections

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

Canonical record

Artworks (17)

Baby (Cradle)

1917 · oil on canvas

overall: 110.9 x 110.4 cm (43 11/16 x 43 7/16 in.) framed: 116.21 x 115.89 x 6.67 cm (45 3/4 x 45 5/8 x 2 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Reclining Nude with Drapery, Back View

Reclining Nude with Drapery, Back View

1917 · Graphite

Sheet: 14 5/8 × 22 3/8 in. (37.1 × 56.8 cm) Frame: 23 × 29 × 1 1/2 in. (58.4 × 73.7 × 3.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Curled up Girl on Bed

Curled up Girl on Bed

1916 · graphite

overall: 36.8 x 55.8 cm (14 1/2 x 21 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Reclining Girl

1912 · Blue pencil on cream Japanese vellum

35.5 × 56.3 cm (14 × 22 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mäda Primavesi (1903–2000)

Mäda Primavesi (1903–2000)

1912 · Oil on canvas

59 x 43 1/2 in. (149.9 x 110.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Standing Woman

1910 · graphite on buff wove paper

overall: 50.1 x 32.2 cm (19 3/4 x 12 11/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Portrait of a Woman

Portrait of a Woman

1910 · graphite

overall: 57 x 37.5 cm (22 7/16 x 14 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Seated Woman from the Front with Hat, Face Hooded

Seated Woman from the Front with Hat, Face Hooded

1910 · Graphite, with colored pencil, on ivory wove paper

55.7 × 37.2 cm (21 15/16 × 14 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Reclining Woman

Reclining Woman

1909 · red crayon (on Japan paper?)

overall: 35 x 54.7 cm (13 3/4 x 21 9/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Reclining Nude with Outstretched Left Arm

Reclining Nude with Outstretched Left Arm

1903 · Graphite

Sheet: 13 7/8 × 21 1/2 in. (35.2 × 54.6 cm) Frame: 23 × 29 × 1 1/2 in. (58.4 × 73.7 × 3.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study of a Nude Old Woman Clenching Her Fists, and Two Decorative Objects

Study of a Nude Old Woman Clenching Her Fists, and Two Decorative Objects

1901 · black and blue crayon on wove paper

overall: 42.7 x 30.5 cm (16 13/16 x 12 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Serena Pulitzer Lederer (1867–1943)

Serena Pulitzer Lederer (1867–1943)

1899 · Oil on canvas

75 1/8 x 33 5/8 in. (190.8 x 85.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hermine Gallia

1899 · black chalk with graphite on light brown laid paper

Sheet: 45.6 x 31.2 cm (17 15/16 x 12 5/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of a Lady in a High Hat

Portrait of a Lady in a High Hat

1882 · Graphite on cream wove Japanese paper (Japanese vellum)

56 × 37.2 cm (22 1/16 × 14 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Male Nude

1880 · Various graphite pencils, with erasing and stumping, on cream laid paper

42.5 × 26.7 cm (16 3/4 × 10 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Male Nude with Left Foot on a Pedestal

Male Nude with Left Foot on a Pedestal

1879 · Graphite and white heightening on brown wove paper

40.8 × 26.7 cm (16 1/8 × 10 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Studie van een in een plaid gewikkelde, rustende vrouw

Studie van een in een plaid gewikkelde, rustende vrouw

1872 · chalk, paper

height: 373 cm, width: 540 cm

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Artwork sources (6)

17 published of 28 catalogued · 28 with image

Nga
6 published6 img
Art Institute Chicago
5 published5 img
The Met
4 published4 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
1 published1 img
Rijksmuseum
1 published1 img
+ 1 more source · 11 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

2 entries · 1 sources

Hermine Gallia
1899 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Studie van een in een plaid gewikkelde, rustende vrouw
1872 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Hermine Gallia (c. 1904)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Seated Woman from the Front with Hat, Face Hooded (1910)

Art Institute of Chicago

Male Nude (January 29, 1880)

Art Institute of Chicago

Male Nude with Left Foot on a Pedestal (1879)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

9

Influence1

Egon Schieleinfluenced by

Peers & Context1

Paul Kleecontemporary

Movements1

Collections6

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Rijksmuseum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

National Gallery of Art

Market

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