Where can you see Gustav Klimt in Rome?

At the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea: The Three Ages of Woman. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

What is Gustav Klimt's most famous work in Rome?

The Three Ages of Woman, of 1905, at the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea. A sleeping child, a young mother and an old woman hiding her face, against a field of silver and gold. The gallery is on the edge of the Villa Borghese park, and is rarely crowded.

When and where was Gustav Klimt born?

On 14 July 1862, at Baumgarten, near Vienna, Austria. Gustav Klimt died on 6 February 1918, at Vienna, Austria, aged about 56.

What is Gustav Klimt known for?

Painted The Kiss. A founder of the Vienna Secession in 1897. The Three Ages of Woman has been in Rome since 1912. Gustav Klimt was an Austrian painter, of the Vienna Secession.

Painter, 1862 to 1918

Gustav Klimt

Klimt showed The Three Ages of Woman in Rome in 1911, at the exhibition for the fiftieth birthday of Italy. It won a gold medal, the state bought it, and it never left.

The Three Ages of Woman by Klimt: a mother holding a sleeping child, and an old woman with her face in her hand, on a patterned ground. — Gustav Klimt, Public domain

A photograph of Gustav Klimt in his painter's smock, holding a cat. — Josef Anton Trčka, Public domain

Born: 1862, Baumgarten, near Vienna, Austria
Died: 1918, Vienna, Austria
Movement: Vienna Secession
In Rome: 1 work in 1 museum

Where to see Gustav Klimt in Rome

Each work with the museum it hangs in. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea1 work

The Three Ages of Woman
1905
A sleeping child, a young mother and an old woman hiding her face, against a field of silver and gold. The gallery is on the edge of the Villa Borghese park, and is rarely crowded.

The life of Gustav Klimt

Klimt was born near Vienna in 1862, the son of a gold engraver. In 1897 he led the artists who broke with the official academy and founded the Vienna Secession.

In the first decade of the new century he painted with gold leaf and flat pattern, in pictures such as The Kiss. He died in Vienna in 1918.

What to know

Painted The Kiss
A founder of the Vienna Secession in 1897
The Three Ages of Woman has been in Rome since 1912

Born: 14 July 1862, Baumgarten, near Vienna, Austria
Died: 6 February 1918, Vienna, Austria

Gustav Klimt: common questions

Where can you see Gustav Klimt in Rome?: At the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea: The Three Ages of Woman. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Gustav Klimt's most famous work in Rome?: The Three Ages of Woman, of 1905, at the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea. A sleeping child, a young mother and an old woman hiding her face, against a field of silver and gold. The gallery is on the edge of the Villa Borghese park, and is rarely crowded.
When and where was Gustav Klimt born?: On 14 July 1862, at Baumgarten, near Vienna, Austria. Gustav Klimt died on 6 February 1918, at Vienna, Austria, aged about 56.
What is Gustav Klimt known for?: Painted The Kiss. A founder of the Vienna Secession in 1897. The Three Ages of Woman has been in Rome since 1912. Gustav Klimt was an Austrian painter, of the Vienna Secession.

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