Three Ages of Woman

Date: 1905
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: Galleria Nazionale d Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy
Dimensions: 178 x 198

A frequent subject of Klimt's painting was a woman. In this case, there are three women who represent three different phases of life. On the left side of the picture we can notice an old woman. Her face cannot be seen through her brown, thick, wavy hair, which she holds back with one hand. Her wrinkled figure is all hunched over the other woman who has a youthful face, flushed cheeks. Her golden, wavy hair, in which there are tiny flowers, falls on them.

Her face bends towards the little girl she holds tightly in her arms. She is the youngest girl in the whole picture. She presses herself tightly against the young woman, as if she wants to hide herself completely inside her body.

Klimt painted picture Three Ages of Woman in 1905. Prevailing color of this fine art print is brown and its shape is square. Original size is 178 x 198. This art piece is located in Galleria Nazionale d Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy. 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.