1985 Gustav Klimt Poster, Adele Bloch-Bauer, Dream and Reality, Art Nouveau Symbolism Vienna Secession gallery exhibition, wall art decor

1985 Gustav Klimt Poster, Adele Bloch-Bauer, Dreams and Reality, Art Nouveau Symbolism Vienna Secession gallery exhibition, wall art decor

This exhibition poster is from Künstlerhaus Wien for an exhibition in 1985 featuring "Traum und Wirklich keit" or "Dreams and Reality" a number of prominent Austrians active from 1870-1930. It features Gustav Klimt's portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer.
Dimensions: 33 in x 23.5 in (84 cm x 60 cm)
Condition: There is a small tear on the left edge, see photos

Gustav Klimt was an Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. Klimt is noted for his paintings, murals, sketches, and other objets d'art. Klimt's primary subject was the female body, and his works are marked by a frank eroticism. Amongst his figurative works, which include allegories and portraits, he painted landscapes. Among the artists of the Vienna Secession, Klimt was the most influenced by Japanese art and its methods.

Early in his artistic career, he was a successful painter of architectural decorations in a conventional manner. As he began to develop a more personal style, his work was the subject of controversy that culminated when the paintings he completed around 1900 for the ceiling of the Great Hall of the University of Vienna were criticized as pornographic. He subsequently accepted no more public commissions, but achieved a new success with the paintings of his "golden phase", many of which include gold leaf. Klimt's work was an important influence on his younger peer Egon Schiele.

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Because of the age of these posters, there are areas of wear and tear, particularly on the edges. I have done my best to take photos where they are torn. The good news is that when framed, the tears press up well against glass, and edges can be hidden by mats. Any wear picked up from years are part of the charm.

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