art bio for children

1. Gustav KlimtGustav Klimt
““Whoever wants to know somethingWhoever wants to know something
about me ought to look carefully at myabout me ought to look carefully at my
pictures."pictures."
--Gustav KlimtGustav Klimt

2. Gustav was born
in Vienna,
Austria in 1862.
His father was a
gold engraver.

3. He began his career painting murals and
ceilings in buildings.

4. Pallas Athene, 1898

5. His decorations and ornamental paintings
became popular and he had steady work.

6. Klimt painted
many images
of women.
Girl in White,
1910

7. When Klimt was 30When Klimt was 30
both his fatherboth his father
and his brotherand his brother
died and he had todied and he had to
provide for theirprovide for their
families as well asfamilies as well as
for himself.for himself.

8. Emilie Floge ,1902
Emilie
Floge
standing
hand on
hip, in a
dress that
she
designed.

9. Mother and Child

10. Bildnis
Fritza
Riedler
1906

11. Klimt beganKlimt began
using tinyusing tiny
sheets of realsheets of real
gold in hisgold in his
paintings.paintings.
Adele Bloch-Adele Bloch-
BauerBauer, 1907, 1907

13. The
Kiss,,
1907.1907.
 Only the
faces and
hands of
this couple
are visible.
 The bodies
are swirls of
gold,
studded
with colored
rectangles.

14. Gustav in his artist smock with pet cat.

15. The Tree of LifeThe Tree of Life, 1905, 1905

16. Klimt worked slowly
and carefully on each
painting.
The Tree of Life,
1905, detail

17.  This painting is filled
with details.
 Can you spot the
“Egyptian eye”
sprouting from the
branches?
 Can you find
triangles, swirls, and
circles within circles?

19. Fun fact: his Adele Bloch-Bauer I
sold in 2006 for more money than
any other painting ever had before:
$135 million!

20. Art Making
1. Create your own “Tree of Life”.
2. In pencil, lightly draw your tree of life…
swirl the branches, add patterns (eyes,
circles in circles, etc.)
3. Paint in the tree.
4. Embellish using metallic markers,
metallic paper, or sequins.