Which valuable Viennese artist is associated with Art Nouveau?
Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), creator of two of the most expensive paintings of all time (Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I [1907] and Portrait of Adele Bloch-bauer II [1912]), was a leading figure in the Art Nouveau (Jugenstil) style of decorative art. For details and a biography of this extraordinary painter, see: Gustav Klimt. Q. What is the meaning and significance of Cubism? Cubism was a revolutionary style of art designed by Georges Braque (1882-1963) and Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), during the years 1907-8. It radically redefined the scope of painting and introduced an entirely new way of representing reality. Specifically, it rejected the use of traditional perspective (depth in a picture) and focused instead on the flat canvas: fragmenting the “3-D” subject into flat planes which were then rearranged in overlapping style on the picture. (Picasso’s “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” was a very early stab in this direction.) As a result, Cubist paintings were often highly abstract, and this ne
