The Klimt brothers and the Floge family; Gustav Klimt and Emperor Franz Joseph I; the foundation of the Secession 1897; the university paintings 1894-1907 - art, scandal and literary controversy; Gustav Klimt as illustrator - the journal "Ver Sacrum"; Gustav Klimt and Hermann Bahr; Gustav Klimt and Max Klinger, 1902; the 14th Secession exhibition and Gustav Klimts "Beethoven" frieze, 1902; Auguste Rodin's visit to Vienna, 1902; Gustav Klimt and Ferdinand Hodler, 1904; Gustav Klimt and Peter Altenberg; Gustav Klimt and Josef Hoffmann; Gustav Klimt, Fritz Waerndorfer and the Primavesi family; the Stoclet frieze, 1905-1911; the withdrawal of the Klimt group from the Secession and the Kunstschau exhibitions in 1908 and 1909; Gustav Klimt as the sponsor of young talent; Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele; Gustav Klimt and Sonja Knips; Gustav Klimt and the Lederer family; Gustav Klimt's collectors - Karl Wittgenstein, the Zuckerkandl family, the Bohler brothers and the Bloch-Bauers; Gustav Klimt and the art dealers; Gustav Klimt and Emilie Floge; Gustav Klimt, Alma Mahler-Werfel and Carl Moll; Gustav Klimt and his professional models; Gustav Klimt and Maria Zimmermann; Gustav Klimt's son Gustav Ucicky.
Professor Christian M. Nebehay has published many books on Klimt, Schiele and their peers, including Egon Schiele Sketchbooks, also published by Thames & Hudson.
This lavish book invites the reader to step into late 19th-century Vienna, with its intricately detailed social life and sumptuous luxury, not unlike the work of the artist who is the book's focus. The author, who knew Klimt in his last years and is a noted Klimt scholar, has brought together the paintings and the drawings from which they emerged in a way that enriches our knowledge of the artist and enhances the visual impact of his work. Using original sources, newly uncovered material, and a wealth of personal photographs, Nebehay provides a look into the major influence of Klimt upon his fellow artists and upon his society: his role as the first president of the Vienna Secession; his place in the lives of his students, among them Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka; and his interaction with all the major figures of this most dangerously intoxicating and exhilarating time. The book conveys the passions that were the subject of Klimt's work and his life. Highly recommended.-Paula Frosch, Metropolitan Museum of Art Lib., New York
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