Gustav Klimt was born on 14 July 1862 in Baumgarten. An Austrian painter, Klimt was the most prominent member of the Vienna Secession, the group of artists that broke with the conservative academy. His work is distinguished by sensual, decorative figures, gold leaf and patterns, as in The Kiss, Judith and Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I. He also painted landscapes, allegorical works and the Beethoven Frieze, and designed the Stoclet Frieze in Brussels. His university ceiling paintings drew scandal and were destroyed in a fire in 1945. He died after a stroke and pneumonia during the influenza epidemic.
Before and after
- 23 January 1862Birth of David Hilbert
- 15 May 1862Battle of Drewry's Bluff
- 7 June 1862Birth of Philipp Lenard
- 2 July 1862Birth of William Henry Bragg
- 14 July 1862Birth of Gustav Klimt
- 16 July 1862Discovery of Comet Swift–Tuttle
- 24 July 1862Death of Martin Van Buren
- from 14 August 1862 to 10 October 1862Confederate Heartland Offensive
- from 17 August 1862 to 26 December 1862Dakota War of 1862
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