“Hope ll”

Gustav Klimt

1907-8

Oil, gold and platinum on canvas 

‘Painting of a pregnant woman, and her unborn child as an embodiment of hope and emergence of Sigmund Freud’s explorations of the child within every adult persona in Vienna’s turn-of-the-century. The skull nestling on her belly is an allusion to death.’

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“Lady with Fan”

Gustav Klimt

1917-1918

Oil on canvas

‘This Relaxed pose of  the Lady, calms you down and gives you the opportunity to explore all the rich colours and exquisite patterns of this painting.’

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“Death and Life”

Gustav Klimt

Started in 1908 and finished in1915

Oil on canvas

‘Death and life are two very clear part of the painting. 

Death standing on the left watching over life in an amusing way, and on the right, a man holding a woman and young women behind them are holding their new born child. An older lady in the middle of them, showing another stage of life in a soft and beautiful way. Over representation of women could refer to women as source of life. 

All covered in flowers and patterns that you can see in other Klimt’s paintings. 

Creating the circle of life on canvas in the most poetic way possible.’

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Notes: Yasaman Zabihi Zohari

Photos From Wikipedia