GUSTAV KLIMT "TREE OF LIFE" STAINED ART GLASS WINDOW PANEL HANGING DISPLAY





  GUSTAV KLIMT "TREE OF LIFE" STAINED ART GLASS WINDOW PANEL HANGING DISPLAY

  • It measures approximately 12" by 7.5"
  • The glass panel is made with hand applied, high quality, color pigmentation that is kiln fired and fused to the glass in multiple layers creating rich color that will not fade or scratch off.  It is framed in wood with a black lacquer finish
  • It comes with a wood stand with a matching black lacquer finish that measures 7.5" x 2.5" x .75 as well as with a metal chain and screws that you may attach if you would prefer to hang it.

Austrian painter Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) began his life in poverty, the second of seven children born to a jewelry engraver.  Despite his humble childhood, a scholarship enabled him to study and train at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts.  Recognized as a brilliant artist, he had a tremendous impact on the Art Nouveau movement.  He was a founding member of the Vienna Secession, a group of artists who revolted against traditional style of the day and encouraged varied unconventional artistic style.  Influences to his style include Egyptian, Classical Greek and Byzantine.  Klimt's paintings are distinguished by his use of highly ornamental gold/silver/colored spirals, swirls and geometric shapes to embellish his subject and his use of symbolism to portray themes of beauty, love, life and death.

Klimt's The Tree of Life (1909) includes these themes with branches reaching upwards towards the heavens and roots reaching deep beneath the earth symbolizing the link between heaven, earth and the underworld below.  There is a noticeable bird in the center; some say it is an owl representing wisdom, while others say it is a raven representing death.  The tree is done in classic Klimt style with the swirling branches drawing up deep into the painting where ones sees multiple images including geometric fruits, leaves and flowers that seem to be peering back at the viewer.

Posthumously, Klimt's art has been appreciated beyond expectation.  As recently as 2006 Klimt's Adele Block-Bauer I was placed at auction where it is reported to have sold for $135M, making it the highest price ever paid for a single painting at the time; an unexpected successful outcome for a painter who described himself as nothing special.

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