Dancer

ID: #7875 | TOP 100 | Symbolism | Portraits

Date: 1918

Dancer, is the title of Klimt's painting with a distinctly oriental and sensual touch. The dancer is represented by a graceful young woman with her head turned to the side and holding a bouquet of yellow daffodils in her arms. Right behind her is a group of anonymous figures. The woman is dressed in a brightly vivid dress that fades into the background in a riot of floral patterns and colors. This was characteristic of Klimt's later pieces.

Klimt painted picture Dancer in 1918. Prevailing color of this fine art print is red and its shape is portrait. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Gustav Klimt (1862-1918). As a painter, Klimt represents the best period of Vienna – a time when the works of Sigmund Freud or Mahler were developing, and Vienna was at the very least the Central European centre of culture and education. Klimt’s work combines symbolism and Byzantine features that create the undertone of his Art Nouveau style. Klimt’s images have a special, even anxious, atmosphere that often shows the Freudian idea of ​​erotica in any human movement and action. Klimt paints two-dimensionally, with intense colour while at the same time very gently and with refined dignity. Among Klimt’s famous works are the Water Snakes - two women with stylized, interwoven bodies that evoke the surreal world of fantasy and sensuality. Another masterpiece is Danae, a work inspired by Greek mythology, depicting a girl seized by Zeus, who was turned into a golden rain (Danae later gave birth to Perseus). His paintings often aroused passions and public protests, not only for their content but also for the innovative painting methods - eg. The Girlfriends, an image of two women at a romantic meeting.