100 Drawings

by Gustav Klimt

Book Overview

Gustav Gl ck, director of Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum, wrote as early as 1922 of Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) that his drawings were perhaps his ultimate artistic achievement. This founder of Secessionsstil and leader of the revolt against the Viennese academies was able to achieve greater freedom in his drawings than in his more laboriously executed paintings. While there are only about two hundred completed oils, the drawings number in the thousands,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486224465
• ISBN13: 9780486224466
• Release Date: June 1972
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.2" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

Interesting studies

If you're a Klimt fan, I do recommend this book. It's filled with interesting (and rather simple) studies of many of his paintings, as well as personal works. It's an interesting way to get acquainted to Klimt's process and vision.

Fantastic

This is a wonderful book for anyone who would like to experience Klimt. I found it very inspirational and completed several study sketches using this book.

ga ga for gustav

this is an amazing book! as an amateur graphic artist, this has been an invaluable reference and inspiration to me. all of the drawings are of figures, mostly women, mostly naked. they were largely done without direction to his models while they lounged around his loft so they are very intimate, sensual, and sometimes erotic. his style is so lucid, i can stare at the images forever. the line is so smooth and light(usually pencil, sometimes charcoal), that the images seem like stencils. the body is basically a contour drawing and then the hair is captured in typical art nouveau style, with stylized strands moving in one direction.i can't say enough about this book. the work is so simple and stunning...when i try to relate what it means to me, i can't think of a thing to say.

A Great View of Klimt's Intuition

These 100 drawings are essential for any student of Klimt's work. Given that many times it is this stage of his work that is under-represented in books on his art, this book is advantageous. I've been looking at Klimt for years, and many times I've marveled at his intuitive, initial marks; they are records of a man obsessed with obervational drawing. The drawings in this book, rarely seen, are great examples of the first and most direct marks he would use and they attest to his amazing skill. They shed light on the finished works while standing nicely on their own. Even though the works shown here represent only a minute fraction of his drawings (thousands littered his studios at any given time), these particular pieces provide a unique view of this controversial artist. A good purchase.