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| The Kiss by Gustav Klimt GOOGLED |
(Venice, Italy)
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday dear Gustav
Happy Birthday to you
How old are you now?
How old are you now?
How old are you Gustav?
How old are you now?
I'm 150 years old
I'm 150 years old
I've been bought but not sold
I'm 150 years old.
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| The Kiss by Gustav Klimt |
New Delhi: A painting of a couple kissing is the theme of the
doodle on the Google home page on Saturday. The Google doodle
commemorating the 150th birth anniversary of the Austrian symbolist
painter Gustav Klimt is a reproduction of his most famous work - 'The
Kiss'. Some of Gustav Klimt's paintings rank amongst the most expensive
in the world.
Click HERE to read IBN LIVE.
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| Gustav Klimt Giuditta I, 1901 Olio e foglia d’oro on canvas 84x42 cm. Belvedere, Vienna |
Just last week, the spectacular Klimt exhibit at the Museo Correr closed here in Venice. Here's the Venetian Cat - Venice Blog report:
GUSTAV KLIMT in the Sign of Hoffmann and the Secession
Excerpts:
From Wikipedia:
Klimt came under attack for 'pornography'
and 'perverted excess' in the paintings. None of the paintings would go
on display in the university. In May 1945 all three paintings were
destroyed by retreating SS forces.
..This
would also be the last time Klimt would accept commissions from the
state, remarking: "I've had enough of censorship...I reject all state
support, I don't want any of it."
...The paintings were requested for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904 in St. Louis, Missouri, but the ministry declined, nervous of what the reaction might be. Klimt then resigned his commission,
wishing to keep his work, but the ministry insisted they were already
property of the state. Only when Klimt threatened the removal staff with
a shotgun was he able to keep his paintings.
We can imagine the scene: Klimt, the frenzied creator of the paintings, armed with a shotgun, challenging some bewildered officers from the state who had arrived to take his creations away. ...
We can imagine the scene: Klimt, the frenzied creator of the paintings, armed with a shotgun, challenging some bewildered officers from the state who had arrived to take his creations away. ...
... Gustav
Klimt believed, "The arts lead us into an ideal realm, the only place
where we can find pure joy, pure happiness, pure love."
...The Kiss, Klimt's most renowned work, is not here in Venice, because, according to Agnes Husslein-Arco, the Director of the Belvedere, "The Kiss does not travel."
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| Gustav Klimt Particolare dal fregio di Beethoven, 1901-1902 Materiali vari |
Later in the evening, we celebrated Redentore -- the Feast of the Redeemer -- with fireworks galore.
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| Venice, Italy - Redentore - July 14, 2012 |
Click to read the Venetian Cat - Venice Blog account of previous Redentore festivals for a little history of one of Venice's most ancient holidays.
Ciao from Venezia,
Cat
The Kiss, Klimt's most renowned work, is not here in Venice, because, according to Agnes Husslein-Arco, the Director of the Belvedere, "The Kiss does not travel."
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