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Klimt
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- Book Synopsis
- Many people know that Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) was an Austrian painter and founding member of the Vienna Secession art group, whose gold-tinged paintings of the female nude include The Kiss. What, perhaps, they don't know is that The Kiss was sold before its completion for 25,000 crowns-over 50 times the amount paid for any other Austrian painting at the time; that he fathered at least 14 illegitimate children; that his fondness for cats led to his studio being overrun by his feline friends; and that in 2006 he set the record for the highest-priced painting in the world, when his Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I was sold for $135million. The 'Biographic' series presents an entirely new way of looking at the lives of the world's greatest thinkers and creatives. It takes the 50 defining facts, dates, thoughts, habits, and achievements of each subject, and uses infographics to convey each of them in vivid snapshots.
- About The Author
- Viv Croot is a writer and editor specialising in adult non-fiction and popular culture. She has written or contributed to over 50 books on subjects from art to zoology. Her recent titles include Biographic: The Beatles and Biographic: ABBA, published by Ammonite Press. She lives in Essex, England.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781781453117
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Ammonite Press, (07 March 2018)
- Number of Pages
- 95
- Weight
- 370 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 210 x 148 x 15 mm
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