c. 1876. Watercolour. 105 x 72 cms | 41 ¼ x 28 ¼ ins. Musee d'Orsay, France

Sydney Long - Fantasy 1916c

Death was a fascinating theme for many artists. Today, we present to you Gustav Klimt's masterpiece: Death and Life from the Leopold Museum.

The Expressionist art movement emerged in the northern part of Europe in the early 20th century. It's one of the most radical modern art movements in history. Expressionist artists aimed to portray things the way they felt them as opposed to how they appeared to everybody. This subjective element allowed them to convey their own emotions or ideas.The movement emerged before World War I and remained popular in the #Artworks #Expressionism #Expressionistpaintings #paintings

Following what occured after the PreRaphaelites leads us to Aestheticism, which i have already covered. So let us delve into a subsection of the aesthetic movement, the Decadents. Like Aestheticism…

Gustave Moreau was one of the most vital French artists of the 19th century a leading light of the Symbolist movement channelling Renaissance art.

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