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The Kiss

Gustav Klimt, 1908

Medium

Oil and gold leaf on canvas

Technique

Painting

Dimensions

180 × 180 cm

Year

1908

Artist

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Gustav Klimt

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Austrian Symbolist painter and a founding member of the Vienna Secession movement. Known for his lavish use of gold leaf and ornamental patterns, his paintings of the female form — especially The Kiss and Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I — are among the most celebrated works of Art Nouveau.