Death and Life

Gustav Klimt · 1910

Death and Life by Gustav Klimt

The story

Death and Life (German: Tod und Leben) is an oil-on-canvas painting by Austrian painter Gustav Klimt. The painting was started in 1908 and completed in 1915. It depicts an allegorical subject in Art Nouveau style. The painting is now housed at the Leopold Museum in Vienna.

Artist
Gustav Klimt
Date
1910
Collection
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria
Movement
Art Nouveau
Medium
oil paint, canvas
Size
180.5 × 200.5 cm

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