The Kiss...Gustav Klimt. Print on Canvas, 16 x 24
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The Kiss.....
Print on canvas, 16" x 24"
Gustav Klimt... 1862-1918
Gustav Klimt was an Austrian painter of scandalous art and considered a bit of a sexual deviant in his day. The Kiss, which is nearly life size at 6' x 6', portrays a couple embracing with the man kissing (or trying to kiss) a woman...but is she actually wanting the kiss? Or is she turning away? She looks pretty content so I would say she's ok with it. But what is the relationship? There are many symbolic details such as the black rectangles on his robe, suggesting the male's, well, peepee. The woman is covered in circles and whirls for the ova. And the overall shape is basically a giant phallus. (Kind of makes you look at this a bit differently, huh?) The Kiss created quite the scandal when it was painted in 1908. Women were told not to view it as it was considered pornographic, as was much of his work. He had 14 children (only 4 are recognized) with as many women, including most of his models. He rarely painted men or their faces. And when he did, they were more of an accessory. For a man who was so obsessed with women, love and sex, he never married and lived with his mother and 2 unmarried sisters all his life. And with 8 cats. Sounds like he preferred cats to complicated relationships. Well I can relate to that. Many of his works were destroyed in WWII by the Nazis during looting. Oprah herself bought one for $88 mil in 2006 and sold it for $150 mil 15 years later. Pretty good investment, I'd say. Klimt died of a stroke and pneumonia in 1918 at 55 years old brought on by the flu epidemic. He once said "If you want to know about me, just look at my paintings.
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