Church in Cassone - Framed Prints
Klimt was most influence by Japanese art and methods. His work was constantly criticized for being too sensual and erotic and his symbolism too deviant
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I by Klimt is one the most expensive paintings ever sold. View Artist Collection
Available Options In Framed Prints
Small Framed Print
12x12 inches
Framed With Mat
Compact Framed Print
18x17 inches
Framed With Mat
Medium Framed Print
24x23 inches
Framed With Mat
Klimt painted Church in Cassone – Landscape with Cypresses while he was on holiday in Italy with his lover and muse Emilie Klöge in 1913. The picture postcard village on the edge of Lake Garda, with its dominating church and ramrod cypress trees, clearly caught the artist's eye, but the nearest point he could paint it from was too far away – so he used a telescope. The painting represents a key moment in Klimt's artistic journey, the point where he began embracing the modernist influences that were swirling, ever louder, around Europe. So, while you can see the influence of the impressionists and Monet – just look at the reflections in the water – the new influences also loom large, people such as his friend Egon Schiele and the Cubists.
