Gustav
Klimt was an amazing artist! He was born
and lived in Vienna, Austria with his family.
His father was a gold carver and engraver. He had two brothers and four sisters. His family did not have a lot of money
growing up, so he was able to get a scholarship to attend the Vienna School of
Decorative arts. He did this at the age
of 14 for seven years. When he finished
school he opened his own studio with a friend and one of his brothers, and they
began to paint murals. They started to
get paid for their work and soon Klimt began to become recognized as an
artist. He started to paint portraits of
women with elaborate gowns and blankets as well as landscapes. His father’s work also influenced his art
because he began to use the color gold in many of his paintings. He used a lot
of organic shapes, lines and patterns.
Gustav Klimt is one of the few artists we’ve studied that actually sold
his artwork to make a living!
What mediums did you use?
ReplyDeleteTempera cakes for back ground, marker for tree, tempera paint for overlapping circles and finally some glitter :)
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