Standing woman with raised right arm (1897-98)
Technique: Giclée quality print
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This evocative sketch, titled "Standing Woman with Raised Right Arm" (1897-98), highlights the unique prowess of Austrian artist Gustav Klimt's draftsmanship. In this expressive drawing, Klimt captures the fluidity and dynamic posture of a woman caught mid-motion, her right arm gracefully lifted. The lines, though seemingly hurried, intricately map the folds of her garment and the subtle contours of her body.Rendered on an understated brown paper, this piece allows us to glimpse Klimt's early process of composition and his skill in using minimal strokes to convey movement and emotion. The unfinished quality of the sketch suggests that it might have served as a preliminary study for a later, more detailed work.Klimt's focus on the female form and his ability to imbue his figures with a sense of life and depth, even in such a sparse medium, is evident in this work.
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Gustav Klimt (1862–1918) was one of the greatest Austrian symbolist painters of the Art Nouveau era. Renowned as one of the most prominent founding members, and as a president of the Vienna Art Nouveau movement (Vienna Secession). His works were mainly paintings, murals, and sketches. Marked by his numerous erotic drawings, Klimt's primary subject were female figures, and at one point his work was even criticized as pornographic. Klimt found financial success in his "Golden Phase" with decorative techniques and the prominent use of gold leaf in his paintings.