On Lake Attersee Gustav Klimt and palm-lined shores

and palm-lined shores

legs intertwined with one arm stretched behind her neck

van Gogh's brush strokes on Armands face and neck are more short and sharp

rendered in a black and vintage colour palette

On Lake Attersee Gustav Klimt and palm-lined shoresAustrian artist Gustav Klimt spent many summer holidays at his much loved Lake Attersee during 1900 and 1916. On Lake Attersee was painted by Klimt in 1900, where he captures the idyllic shimmering movement of the water with jewel like turquoise pigments underneath the morning summer sky. Almost abstract in colour and composition On Lake Attersee fills the canvas with an enchanting waterscape reminiscent of one of French artist Monet's impressionist