Beethovenfries: Die Sehnsucht nach Glück - Tafel 4, linke Langwand
1901/1902
Medium
Kaseinfarben, Stuckauflagen, Zeichenstift, Applikationen aus verschiedenen Materialien (Glas, Perlmutt etc.), Goldauflagen auf Mörtel
Dimensions
215 x 365 cm
Classification
Wandbild
Department
Belvedere Collection
Museum
Belvedere
Credit
Belvedere, Vienna
Accession Number
5987/4
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Die schwebenden Genien nehmen das Flehen der leidenden Menschheit auf und tragen es weiter in Richtung der feindlichen Gewalten.
About the Artist
Gustav Klimt · 1862–1918
Gustav Klimt was born on July 14, 1862, in Baumgarten near Vienna, the second of seven children in a modest family of artistic bent. His father, Ernst Klimt, a gold engraver who had immigrated from Bohemia, and his mother, Anna Finster, an aspiring musician, instilled an early appreciation for craft and creativity amid financial hardship. Klimt displayed prodigious drawing talent, prompting his en...