2/internal/media/dispatcher/97122/fullAvenue to Schloss Kammer1912[Gustav Klimt, Viktor Zuckerkandl, Paula Zuckerkandl, Victor & Paula Zuckerkandl, Österreichische Galerie]Gustav KlimtOil on canvas “I am longing to get away more than ever,” wrote Gustav Klimt at the beginning of August 1901 — away from the hot city for a sojourn by the lakes and mountains of Austria’s Salzkammergut. From 1900 to 1916 the artist spent several weeks each summer at the Attersee lake. This beautiful region inspired him and he painted intensively. Klimt depicted Schloss Kammer in a total of five paintings. At the end of an avenue of gnarled trees, the entrance and part of the yellow façade can be seen in the pictorial depths. Vibrant dabs of paint and bold contours reflect Klimt’s engagement with the international avant-garde, for example the work of Vincent van Gogh or Paul Cézanne that he had the chance to study at exhibitions in Vienna.Paintinghttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/8691/rdf/internal/media/dispatcher/115111/fullFlowering Poppies1907[Gustav Klimt, Galerie Miethke, Wien, Viktor Zuckerkandl, Paula Zuckerkandl, Victor & Paula Zuckerkandl, Hans Gnad, Fritz und Gertrude Zuckerkandl, Österreichische Galerie, Rudolf Leopold, Amalie Zuckerkandl, Fritz Zuckerkandl]Gustav KlimtOil on canvasThis painting resembles a floral tapestry, a shimmering fabric of vibrant dabs, the red of the poppies standing out as the dominant color. There is no hint of sunlight nor shadow to be seen, only the occasional outlined tree, and a gray strip of sky above the high horizon. Klimt was inspired to paint works such as this by the luminous vibrancy of French Impressionism. But his poppy field does not convey a fleeting visual experience—far from it! Rather it exudes nature’s harmony and eternal validity. Klimt painted this work in the countryside surrounding the lake Attersee in Upper Austria, where he spent his summers after 1900.Paintinghttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/3917/rdf