23rd July 2011, 07:55
Klimt produced some of his most celebrated oil paintings during his time with the Secession, which lasted until 1908. These works include the portraits Judith I (1901) and Adele Bloch-Bauer I (c.1907), Field of Poppies (1907), and The Kiss (1907-08), all of which comprised the artist's so-called "Golden Phase oil paintings sale (http://www.gallerymeeting.com)." Klimt's personal style, which richly combined elements of both the pre-modern and modern eras, had fully matured by this time. His use of gold and silver leaf in Klimt The Kiss (http://www.gallerymeeting.com/goods-1343-The-Kiss.html) recalled Byzantine mosaics; his application of repeated coils and whorls suggested both abstraction and Mycenaean ornamentation; and his portraits of women - such as Expectation (1905-09) - often combined a modern sensuality with the motifs of Oriental art and Japanese "pillar prints," of which Klimt was a devout collector. More Klimt Oil Paintings for Sale at gallerymeeting.com.