Gustav Klimt with a catalogue raisonné of his paintings / Fritz Novotny, Johannes Dobai ; translated from the German by Karen Olga Philippson

Introduction. The beginnings and early maturity ; The ceiling-paintings for the University of Vienna ; The Beethoven frieze ; The murals in the Palais Stoclet ; Figurative paintings and portraits ; Landscape ; Gustav Klimt in his time ; Notes on the text / by Fritz Novotny -- The paintings -- Catalogue raisonné of the paintings. Author's acknowledgements ; Notes on the catalogue ; List of abbreviations ; The catalogue / by Johannes Dobai -- Biography / by Johannes Dobai --Indexes. List of plates in the text ; List of the paintings ; Location of the paintings -- Postscript / Friedrich Welz -- Sources of illustrations.

For many years the reputation of Gustav Klimt was virtually confined to his native Austria. Since 1945, the exhibition of his work in Europe and America revealed the true stature as a highly important forerunner of modern developments in the visual arts. This book is a systemic study of Klimt with a catalogue raisonné of his paintings. The book opens with a critical diussion of Klimt's work, its evolution and its place in the art of the period. Then follows a sequence of illustrations in which Klimt's compositions are reproduced. The book concludes with an exhaustive documentation of Klimt's life and art.

Translated from the German to English