Klimt – MARIE H. SIROIS

Gustav Klimt | Death and life

on January 28, 2022January 28, 2022 By Marie H. Sirois

"Death is close enough at hand so we do not need to be afraid of life." FREDERICH NIETZSCHE Death and life is an oil on canvas painting by Gustav Klimt. It is one of Klimt’s central works and is regarded as one of his greatest allegories, in which he used a bold composition to address [...]

Gustav Klimt | Hope 1

on January 21, 2022January 21, 2022 By Marie H. Sirois

As my studio work brings me to study the works of Gustav Klimt, I decided to talk about one of his paintings Hope 1 (Hoffnung 1), an oil painting created in 1903. Currently located in the National Gallery of Canada, the main subject of this work is a pregnant, nude female. She is holding her hands together above her stomach [...]