![]() ![]() He also became an honorary member of the University of Munich and the University of Vienna. In 1888, Klimt received the Golden order of Merit from Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria for his contributions to art. Klimt began his professional career painting interior murals and ceilings in large public buildings on the Ringstraße including a successful series of “Allegories and Emblems”. The two brothers and their friend Franz Matsch began working together by 1880 they had received numerous commissions as a team they called the “Company of Artists”. In 1877 his brother Ernst, who, like his father, would become an engraver, also enrolled in the school. Unlike many young artists, Klimt accepted the principles of conservative Academic training. He revered the foremost history painter of the time, Hans Makart. In 1876, Klimt was enrolled in the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts (Kunstgewerbeschule), where he studied until 1883 and received training as an architectural painter. Klimt lived in poverty for most of his childhood, as work was scarce and the economy difficult for immigrants. Ernst married Anna Klimt, whose unrealized ambition was to be a musical performer. ![]() His father, Ernst Klimt, formerly from Bohemia, was a gold engraver. All three sons displayed artistic talent early on. Gustav Klimt who lived from 1862 to 1918 was born in Baumgarten, near Vienna, the second of seven children, three boys and four girls. Gustav Klimt’s The Golden Kiss and more at the Belvedere Gustav Klimt’s paintings at Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna.Gustav Klimt’s The Golden Kiss and more at the Belvedere. ![]()
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