From 15 Could to five October 2025, the Belvedere Museum presents an exhibition specializing in certainly one of Gustav Klimt’s final two works.
Supply: Belvedere · Picture: Gustav Klimt: “The Bride” (1917-18), Klimt Basis, on mortgage on the Belvedere
In 1917, the final yr of his profession, Gustav Klimt began engaged on certainly one of his largest work, the allegorical work The Bride. His sudden and untimely demise in February 1918 prevented him from ending this portray. A now iconic picture by Klimt’s favourite photographer Moriz Nähr reveals The Bride along with Girl with Fan—itself the topic of an exhibition on the Higher Belvedere in 2021/22—within the painter’s studio in Vienna’s Hietzing district.
Klimt’s final studio units the scene for this exhibition with a highlight on the encounters that occurred there between the artist and vital individuals in his life. Sources embody experiences by his fellow painters Egon Schiele and Felix Albrecht Harta, the writings of Arthur Schnitzler and the Japanese artwork connoisseur Kijiro Ohta, along with accounts from Friederike Beer-Monti, who was portrayed by Klimt, and his patrons Eugenia (Mäda) Primavesi and Serena Lederer.
