Art Nouveau

The Art Nouveau movement occured in that late 19th century from about 1894 to 1914, and was represented in Europe as well as in the United States. In Each Continet "Art Nouveau" had a different meaning and identity, artists were often piqued against each other in defing the art period. Art Nouveau is the avant-garde movement of the period.

Art Nouveau artists wished to blur the lines between famous and minor artists, and unifying all arts and also unifying art with everday human life, in essence, the art of the period became part of the architectureand jewelry in an attempt to combine life and art.

One artist who was part of the Art Nouveau movement was Gustav Klimt.

Gustav Klimt was a Austrian symbolist painter. Klimts primary subject was of the female body, he explored the themes of beauty, eroticism, life and death through his subjects. He was one of the most innovative and controversial artists of the early 20th century.

Here are some of Klimt's works of art:

This Piece of work by Klimt is called 'Beethoven Frieze' as you can see Klimt focus's on the female body, this painting was displayed in 1902.

This is klimt's works of art, this painting is called 'The Kiss', yet again we can see that Klimt is focusing on female as well as the male figure in this artwork, he is also focus's on human emotions as we can clearly see.