2/internal/media/dispatcher/114740/fullCottage Garden with Sunflowers1906[Gustav Klimt, Karl Wittgenstein, Hermine Wittgenstein, Österreichische Galerie, Galerie Sanct Lucas]Gustav KlimtOil on canvas Sunflowers and dahlias, marigolds, asters, and flame flowers. In this work, Klimt more than lives up to his reputation as the “artist of eternal flowering.” Against a backdrop of verdant green, he has filled the picture plane with a vibrant sea of flowers. This abundant, vivid array stirs memories of a radiant summer day. It transports us to a dream world beyond space and time, where flowers and leaves never wilt. One typical characteristic of Klimt’s landscape paintings is their square format. In order to find the perfect section of a scene, the painter used a viewfinder. “This is a hole cut into a piece of cardboard,” he explained in a letter to his lover Mizzi Zimmermann.Paintinghttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/2483/rdf/internal/media/dispatcher/36554/fullGirlfriends (Water Serpents I)1904 (minor amendments in 1907)[Gustav Klimt, Gustav Klimt, Galerie H. O. Miethke, Karl Wittgenstein, Unbekannter Besitz, Galerie L. T. Neumann, Belvedere]Gustav Klimt Watercolour, gouache, pencil, gold, silver, platinum and brass on parchment Klimt’s aquatic beings, described by the artist as “water serpents” or “water nymphs,” seem bewitchingly detached from the real world. In dreamy, flowing movements they float above the ocean floor in the midst of golden seaweed. A glimmering fish stares out at us with a fixed gaze from the lower right of the picture. Influenced by the Symbolist art movement, the artist used these aquatic creatures to symbolize a mystical realm. Klimt created this work on parchment at the height of his Golden Period.Paintinghttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/3828/rdf