Seite 20 (Leerseite)
1898
Medium
In rotes Leder gebundenes Büchlein, Zeichnungen und Notizen mit Bleistift und ein Schwarzweiß-Foto
Dimensions
Skizzenbuch: 14,3 × 9,2 × 1,4 cm
Classification
Skizzenbuch
Department
Belvedere Collection
Museum
Belvedere
Credit
Belvedere, Vienna
Accession Number
8508/22
Art Historical Context
Step into the intimate world of Gustav Klimt creative process with *Seite 20 (Leerseite)* from 1898, a poignant blank page in a compact red leather-bound sketchbook14.3 × 9.2 × 1.4 cm) housed in Vienna's Belvedere Collection. just a few inches across, this modest artifact belies its significance as a window into the mind of one of Austria's most revolutionary artists. Klimt, a co-founder of the Vienna Sec movement just a year prior, was challenging the rigid academic art establishment with bold, sensual, and symbolic works. Sketchbooks like this one captured his preliminary ideas amid Vienna's...
About the Artist
Gustav Klimt · 1862–1918
Austrian painter and designer. One of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement, known for his decorative style and use of gold leaf.