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Portrait of Hermine Gallia Large Framed Print
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20x36 inches
"Portrait of Hermine Gallia" By Gustav Klimt is his very famous painting. Hermine, one of the daughters of Karl Wittgenstein, wears a white dress, similar to those created by Emilie Eloge. This is the first commissioned portrait in which Klimt uses abstract, geometric designs within the dress and the background. Diamonds composed of hexagons and triangles mark out the floor, while the train of Hermine's dress shows a chequerboard effect. Hermine Gallia's pose is quite different from that of Klimt's other female sitters, in that rather than holding herself upright, in an aloof, if not distant pose, she leans forward slightly towards the viewer. Her clasped hands and the slight upwards tilt of her head make her look as if she is about to ask a question. Perhaps Klimt simply knew her better than some of his other sitters. |
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Portrait of Hermine Gallia Large Framed Print
Framed With Mat •
20x36 inches
"Portrait of Hermine Gallia" By Gustav Klimt is his very famous painting. Hermine, one of the daughters of Karl Wittgenstein, wears a white dress, similar to those created by Emilie Eloge. This is the first commissioned portrait in which Klimt uses abstract, geometric designs within the dress and the background. Diamonds composed of hexagons and triangles mark out the floor, while the train of Hermine's dress shows a chequerboard effect. Hermine Gallia's pose is quite different from that of Klimt's other female sitters, in that rather than holding herself upright, in an aloof, if not distant pose, she leans forward slightly towards the viewer. Her clasped hands and the slight upwards tilt of her head make her look as if she is about to ask a question. Perhaps Klimt simply knew her better than some of his other sitters.
Gustav Klimt (1862 - 1918) was an Austrian decorative painter and creator of erotic art that greatly added to Art Nouveau and modernism as a wholeKlimt was most influence by Japanese art and methods. His work was constantly criticized for being too sensual and erotic and his symbolism too deviantPortrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I by Klimt is one the most expensive paintings ever sold.