Art Nouveau: Gustav Klimt

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What is Art Nouveau?

• French for “new art”• flowing curves, swirling lines, & delicate feel• Figures elongated & distorted• Plant forms served as inspiration• Brilliantly colored areas of pattern (shapes &

lines)

Art Nouveau Style can be found in:

• architecture• furniture• glass works• drawings• paintings

GAUDI. Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Familia in Barcelona.

HORTA. Interior of the Horta Museum

The Room de Luxe at The Willow Tearooms, Glasgow designed by Charles Mackintosh

Wisteria Lamp by Tiffany & Co

Who is Gustav Klimt?

• Decorative painter & portraitist

• Lived from 1862 to 1918 in Austria-Hungary, Belgium

• Art Nouveau style

• Founded the Vienna Secession (group of artists)

• Influenced by Edvard Munch

Your Assignment:

Mixed-media portrait of a friend, family member, or celebrity

• Media: chalk pastels, pen & ink, colorful papers, watercolor

• Background: watercolor wash (neutral—tans)—crayon resist

• Foreground: portrait in chalk pastels• Accents: pen & ink and construction paper used to create

sections of patterns