Male Nude
Gustav Klimt
January 29, 1880
Medium
Various graphite pencils, with erasing and stumping, on cream laid paper
Dimensions
42.5 × 26.7 cm (16 3/4 × 10 9/16 in.)
Classification
prints and drawing
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
186098
Rights
Public Domain
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...