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Fable
by Gustav Klimt
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Gustav Klimt made this early allegorical work exploring themes of storytelling and imagination. The composition shows Klimt developing the decorative sensibility that would later define his golden period.
Before his famous gilded portraits, Klimt worked in a more naturalistic style while still incorporating symbolic elements. This painting is at the Vienna Museum.
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About Fable
You can see it at Vienna Museum, Vienna in Vienna, Austria. Gustav Klimt created it. Gustav Klimt created this early allegorical work exploring themes of storytelling and imagination.
This is an early work by Klimt, before his famous gold and decorative phase Gustav Klimt created it as part of the Austrian artistic tradition.
Klimt's early allegorical works like Fable show his academic training before his golden, ornamental phase. These decorative compositions hint at the Art Nouveau style he'd soon develop.
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