Artist Annabel Church Smith created Klimt Kow for Cow Parade Manchester, England 2004. She mirrored, on a life-size bovine statue, the distinct style of renowned Austrian painter Gustav Klimt. The symbolism, as well as the sumptuous gold backgrounds and exotic swirling patterns, give this mammal a hide to remember. Annabel Church Smith is also a CowParade veteran because she painted five cows for CowParade London and two for CowParade Manchester. The cow sculpture is part of the CowParade figurines Museum Edition. It comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and a soft dust bag.
Gustav Klimt was a controversial Austrian symbolist painter during his time. Klimt’s main subject in his work was the female body and the beauty of femininity. Art community heavily criticized his art for being too sensual and erotic. Today, they’ve proven to be some of the most memorable paintings ever to emerge from the Vienna Secession movement.
He furthered and advocated for the Art Nouveau movement (also known as Jugendstil in Germany). Eventually, he remains one of the most talented decorative painters of the 20th century.
Klimt’s “Golden Phase” is quite possibly his most widely recognized period of art. This period emerged following positive reactions to his work and some financial success. The Golden Phase period included a large variety of paintings created with gold leaf in their production. Many of his works during this time, were very popular due to, in part, this utilization of gold with paint.
While Klimt never saw much merit or fame from his work during his life, he has reached immortality in death and has greatly influenced the art community after his passing.
Musart is proud to showcase the work of such a genius pioneer, who was incredibly important to the ongoing conversation of the art community as a whole.
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