 Klimt - Danae (1907) | 21 of 77 |  Back1920212223Next | | | | | | | | | Gustav Klimt 1862 - 1918 Klimt's primary subject is the female body, and his works are marked by a frank eroticism. His work is distinguished by the elegant gold or coloured decoration, often phallic in shape that conceals the more erotic positions of the drawings he based many of his paintings on. 3 paintings, Philosphy, Medicine and Jurisprudence were criticized for their radical themes and 'pornographic' material and were destroyed by SS Troops May 1945 |
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