Mäda Primavesi

ID: #1577 | TOP 200 | Symbolism | Portraits

Date: 1912
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions: 110.5 x 149.9

Mäda Primavesi was the daughter of Otto Primavesi, an Austrian wholesaler and politician of German nationality from Moravia. Otto Primaesi was a great art enthusiast, so it is no wonder that he had his daughter's portrait painted by Gustav Klimt in 1912. However, it was not the last portrait that this Austrian wholesaler ordered from Klimt, he also had a portrait of his wife Eugenia painted between 1913 and 1914.

We can notice that in these years Klimt is already leaving his golden period, which we are used to with him. This portrait is shrouded in purple tones, thanks to a very prominent background. A girl stands in the front with a fixed gaze in front of her, her hand on her hip, which creates a vigorous impression, and the girl's crotch posture also contributes to this impression.

Klimt painted picture Mäda Primavesi in 1912. Prevailing color of this fine art print is vivid and its shape is portrait. Original size is 110.5 x 149.9. This art piece is located in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Gustav Klimt (1862-1918). As a painter, Klimt represents the best period of Vienna – a time when the works of Sigmund Freud or Mahler were developing, and Vienna was at the very least the Central European centre of culture and education. Klimt’s work combines symbolism and Byzantine features that create the undertone of his Art Nouveau style. Klimt’s images have a special, even anxious, atmosphere that often shows the Freudian idea of ​​erotica in any human movement and action. Klimt paints two-dimensionally, with intense colour while at the same time very gently and with refined dignity. Among Klimt’s famous works are the Water Snakes - two women with stylized, interwoven bodies that evoke the surreal world of fantasy and sensuality. Another masterpiece is Danae, a work inspired by Greek mythology, depicting a girl seized by Zeus, who was turned into a golden rain (Danae later gave birth to Perseus). His paintings often aroused passions and public protests, not only for their content but also for the innovative painting methods - eg. The Girlfriends, an image of two women at a romantic meeting.