... affordable housing. With poverty taking over the streets of Austria, tragedy was not unfamiliar to the Klimt family. Gustav's youngest sister passed away at the age of five from an illness in 1874, and right after, his other sister Klara suffered a severe mental breakdown. The tragic events of Klimt's past helped shape the dark themes and symbolism often misinterpreted in his artwork. Vienna, ... student and friend of the brothers, Franz Matsch, founded Känstlercompanie studio. The three then worked as muralists where Gustav was able to rekindle his decorative and modern style. They wer...

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