Klimt

American

[klimt] / klɪmt /

noun

Gustav 1862–1918, Austrian painter.

Klimt British

/ klɪmt /

noun

Gustav (ˈɡʊstaf). 1862–1918, Austrian painter. He founded the Vienna Sezession (1897), a group of painters influenced by Art Nouveau

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A Gustav Klimt painting fetched $236.4 million at a Sotheby’s auction in New York last week, the second priciest work of art ever sold at auction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

All the Lauder pieces sold, including the Klimt, an Edvard Munch painting and Henri Matisse bronzes, for $528 million combined.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025

Six bidders battled for 20 minutes over the "Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer," which Klimt painted between 1914 and 1916.

From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025

Tuesday also saw a sculpture of a fully functioning gold toilet by the conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan picking up $12.1m just an hour after the record-breaking Klimt sale.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

She has a strange accent, kind of like Dracula’s, and looks like one of the ladies Klimt paints.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

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