Gustav Klimt was an Austrian symbolist painter; whose primary subject was the female body. His paintings; murals; and sketches are marked by a sensual eroticism; which is especially apparent in his pencil drawings. He was Viennas most famous advocator of Art Nouveau; or; as the style was identified in Germany; "youth style". He is remembered as one of the famous decorative artists of the 20 century; and he also created one of the centurys most important examples of erotic art. Primarily flourishing as a conservative academic painter; his run into with more modern trends in European art encouraged him to build up his own free and frequently out of this world style. His place as the co-founder and first president of the Vienna Secession also ensured that this style would become broadly prominent - though Klimts direct authority on other artists was partial. While some critics and historians contend that Klimts work should not be incorporated in the canon of modern art; his work - particularly his paintings after 1900 - remains striking for its visual combinations of the old and the modern; the real and the abstract. Klimt shaped his greatest work during a time of change and radical ideas; and these traits are clearly marked in his paintings.
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