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Sitting Nude Man Turned to the Left, 1883

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Oil on canvas
46×37 cm

Artists

  • Gustav Klimt

    (Baumgarten near Vienna/Vienna 1862–1918 Vienna)

Currently on display at OG4
Gustav Klimt’s (1862–1918) early work, dating from his time as a student at the School of Arts and Crafts, includes four known similar nude depictions – of three male models and one female model. The present painting is of great importance because it was dated by Klimt himself and thus serves as a point of reference for further chronological assignments. The work was created during the time when Klimt concluded his studies and formed the Künstler-Compagnie with his brother Ernst Klimt (1864–1892) and Franz Matsch (1861–1942), opening their own studio and executing wall and ceiling decorations in a Historicist style.

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Object data

Artist/author
  • Gustav Klimt
Title
Sitting Nude Man Turned to the Left
Date
1883
Art movement
Naturalism I Realism, Historicism
Category
Painting
Material​/technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
46×37 cm
Credit line of the permanent loan
Private collection
Selection of Reference works
  • Wien 1900. Aufbruch in die Moderne, hrsg. von Hans-Peter Wipplinger, Wien 2019 (Ausst.-Kat. Leopold Museum, Wien, ab 15.03.2019).
  • Gustav Klimt. Jahrhundertkünstler, hrsg. von Hans-Peter Wipplinger/Sandra Tretter, Wien 2018 (Ausst.-Kat. Leopold Museum, Wien, 22.06.2018–04.11.2018).
  • Tobias Natter: Gustav Klimt. Sämtliche Gemälde, Köln 2012.
  • Alfred Weidinger/Michaela Seiser u.a.: Gustav Klimt, München u.a. 2007.
Catalogue raisonne
  • Natter 2012: 16
  • Weidinger 2007: 14
Keywords
nudeman/boysitting figurelegs apart

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