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Klimt. The Wien Museum Collection
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Leopold Museum: Klimt - Up Close and Personal
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Gustav Klimt, design for the Secession Building, 1897

Klimt. The Wien Museum Collection

The Wien Museum owns an exceptional Klimt collection, which will go on public display in its entirety for the first time in an exhibition entitled "Klimt. The Wien Museum Collection".

Gustav Klimt, Portrait of Emilie Flöge, 1902

With around 400 drawings, the Wien Museum has the world's largest collection of Klimt sketches, including preparatory sketches for his best-known masterpieces, as well as studies from all phases of his lifetime work. All the drawings on display are arranged by subject matter (e.g. Secession, studies for the faculty paintings, erotic sketches), giving visitors the possibility to explore all aspects of each theme.

A number of paintings will be on show alongside the sketches, including the most important work of art in the Wien Museum, the "Portrait of Emilie Flöge", which was completed in 1902. The work is one of Klimt's most famous paintings and the first portrait of a female subject to feature ornamental detailing in the foreground. This heralded the dawn of a new creative period in the artist's life. A number of the pictures completed during this time have sold for record prices at international auctions in recent years.

Other exhibits include various posters and printed materials that Klimt designed for the Secession (in many cases the collection has both the originals and the prints), the artist's gown, his death mask, original prints of portrait photographs, busts and a cast of his right hand. Another highlight is Egon Schiele's drawing of the deceased Gustav Klimt.