Gustav Klimt: Modernism in the Making

Highly personal style

The most remarkable artist of late-19th-century Vienna, Gustav Klimt developed a highly personal style that combines decorative pattern with a mysterious, smoldering eroticism.

Major Gustav Klimt exhibition

This beautiful volume-the most comprehensive survey in English of the life and work of this popular artist-is the catalogue of a major Gustav Klimt exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, the first Klimt retrospective in North America.

Paintings and works on paper

Superb reproductions of paintings and works on paper show all the phases of Gustav Klimt's career. With texts by highly respected experts who include recently discovered information about this compelling artist, the book will attract academics as well as Klimt's legions of fans.

Colin B. Bailey

Colin B. Bailey, author of numerous books on art and artists, is chief curator at the Frick Collection in New York City.

Modernism in the Making

Gustav Klimt : Modernism in the Making by Colin B. Bailey
330 photographs, 190 in full color, 240 pages, 10 x 12".
Publisher: Harry N Abrams
ISBN: 0810935244

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