Klimt's The Kiss might depict a mythological pursuit or his undying love for Emilia Flöge, leaving viewers to speculate.
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A warm, accessible look at Klimt that makes gold leaf feel newly alive.
Gustav Klimt's life and The Kiss are treated as one connected arc: the second son of a working-class gold engraver, a scholarship student at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts, and the painter who made gold central to his style.
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