He was both loved and hated, as every good artist should be. Over the span of his life, Klimt had created a good life for himself. With help from his only older sibling Ernst, the Klimt Brothers were able to make quite a name of themselves. Shortly after he began accepting commissions in order to earn a small wage for himself. There he studied architectural painting until he was in his early twenties. Klimt was enrolled in the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts in 1876, not long after he had dropped out of grade school. His father had experience working with gold which may have led Gustav to using gold in his work later on. Although they were poor for most of Gustav’s life, the whole family was known to be artistically talented. Gustav Klimt was born in July of 1862 as the second of seven children. Gustav Klimt, The Beethoven Freize: The Hostile Powers, the Titan Typhoeus, the Three Gorgons – 1901 Gustav Klimt, Hope II, oil, gold, and platinum on canvas, 1907-08 Audio recording of this chapter is available here:
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