3/internal/media/dispatcher/140353/fullThe Kiss (Lovers)1908 (finished 1909)[Gustav Klimt, Ministerium für Kultus und Unterricht, Moderne Galerie, Wien]Gustav KlimtFigures: gold leaf, silver leaf, platinum leaf, resin oil colors on primed canvas (zinc paint). – Background: Composition gold (brass), glazed, flakes of metal leaf “The Kiss”, probably Klimt’s most famous work, was painted at the height of his Golden Period without a direct commission. It shows a couple, melting into one, at the edge of a meadow of flowers. Only the different patterning of the robes distinguishes their bodies that are enveloped in a shimmering golden halo. Klimt actually used real gold leaf, silver, and platinum in his picture. He presumably started work on it in 1907 and exhibited the painting at the Kunstschau in June the following year under the title “Lovers”. From this show, the Ministry of Art purchased it for the Modern Gallery—now the Belvedere—for a price that was high even then. In autumn 1909, a catalogue of this museum cited the work for the first time as “The Kiss”, the title by which it is world famous today.Paintinghttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/6678/rdf/internal/media/dispatcher/4073/fullAfter the Rain1898[Gustav Klimt, Vereinigung bildender Künstler Österreichs Secession, Ministerium für Kultus und Unterricht, Moderne Galerie, Wien]Gustav KlimtOil on canvasGustav Klimt spent his first summer vacation in the Salzkammergut region in August 1898. He resided for several weeks at Sankt Agatha near Steeg on Hallstatt Lake in the company of the Flöge family. During his stay, he created four landscape paintings, including "After the Rain" Even in these early landscapes, Klimt’s soft brushwork, conveying a fleeting impression, attests that he was particularly influenced by the style of the French Impressionists. The artist also drew inspiration from Japanese woodblock prints. "After the Rain" was the first work by Klimt to enter the collection in 1900, three years before the opening of the Moderne Galerie at the Lower Belvedere.Paintinghttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/6087/rdf/internal/media/dispatcher/148283/fullJosef Lewinsky as Carlos in Clavigo1895[Gustav Klimt, Gesellschaft für vervielfältigende Kunst, Wien, Ministerium für Kultus und Unterricht, Moderne Galerie, Wien]Gustav KlimtOil on canvas Klimt depicts the court actor Josef Lewinsky as Carlos in Goethe’s tragedy, performing on stage. The surrounding scene is shrouded in darkness, revealing only the actor’s pale face, collar, and cuffs. An antique tripod frames the scene on the right, emitting smoke from which a laughing woman holding a mask emerges. Hovering above her is Dionysus, the god of wine, to whom the world’s first theater was dedicated. Klimt’s painting was commissioned by the Gesellschaft für vervielfältigende Kunst (Society for Reproducing Art) to illustrate the book Das k. k. Hofburgtheater seit seiner Begründung (The Imperial and Royal Hofburg Theater since Its Foundation), which documented the history of Viennese theater. The painter thus placed the Hofburgtheater in the tradition of the ancient Greek theater.Paintinghttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/6234/rdf