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Did Gustav Klimt use real gold in his paintings?

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Did Gustav Klimt use real gold in his paintings?
Yes, Gustav Klimt used real gold in some of his paintings. Specifically, Klimt applied gold leaf to his works. One of the early examples of this technique is found in Judith and the Head of Holofernes, which he painted in 1901. Find an assortment of Gustav Klimt art on 1stDibs.
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Farm Garden Sunflowers by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk lifetime collotype, 1908-1912
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Original collotype created from Gustav Klimt’s Farm Garden With Sunflowers, painted in 1913. Published and edited by Verlag H.O. Miethke and printed by k.k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna, in an edition of 300. Between 1908 and 1914, H.O. Miethke published Das Werk Gustav Klimts...
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Early 1900s Vienna Secession Prints and Multiples

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"Masturbating Woman" by Gustav Klimt - Original Print from Courtesans Folio
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Plate #9 from Gustav Klimt's 1907 "Dialogues of the Courtesans" portfolio, consisting of 15 collotypes on cream japon paper. The drawings in this folio are said to be studies for Klimt's well-known Water Serpents paintings...
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Early 1900s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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The Swamp by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk lifetime landscape collotype, 1908-1912
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Original collotype created from Gustav Klimt’s The Swamp, painted in 1900. Published and edited by Verlag H.O. Miethke and printed by k.k. Hof- und Sta...
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Early 1900s Vienna Secession Prints and Multiples

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Nude of Woman Reclined on the Back of a Chair on the Right, Original Drawing
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Roma, IT
Nude of Woman Reclined On the Back of a Chair on the Right is an original drawing realized by Gustav Klimt between 1904 and 1906, probably in 1905, as stated in the Catalogue Raisonn...
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Early 1900s Vienna Secession Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Gerlach s Allegorien, plate #46: "Love" Lithograph, Gustav Klimt.
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Klimt’s association with Martin Gerlach dates back to the early 1880s when Gerlach and Schenk published their first edition of Allegorien und Embleme. By the mid-1890s, they were pla...
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1890s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

"Woman Leaning Forward" by Gustav Klimt - Original Print from Courtesans Folio
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Plate #3 from Gustav Klimt's 1907 "Dialogues of the Courtesans" portfolio, consisting of 15 collotypes on cream japon paper. The drawings in this folio are said to be studies for Klimt's well-known Water Serpents paintings...
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Early 1900s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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