{"id":2264,"date":"2018-02-18T15:23:32","date_gmt":"2018-02-18T14:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=2264"},"modified":"2026-02-18T11:08:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T10:08:55","slug":"gustav-klimt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/gustav-klimt\/","title":{"rendered":"Gustav Klimt in Vienna"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/klimtthumb.jpg\" alt=\"Klimt sign\" class=\"wp-image-4702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/klimtthumb.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/klimtthumb-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The global names associated with Vienna&#8217;s history tend to carry a quill and sheet music. One artist has muscled his way in among the musicians, though: Gustav Klimt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This Klimt guide covers two sets of locations for those wishing to trace his paint-splattered footsteps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Where best to see the paintings and other works <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Landmarks relevant to Klimt&#8217;s life, including his final studio, final residence, and final resting place<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Klimt was born, lived, worked, and died in the city. So his name and works appear all over the place, often where least expected. All the locations mentioned appear on the map at the end of the article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiqets.com\/en\/belvedere-palace-tickets-l145892\/?partner=visitingvienna&amp;tq_campaign=LG_Klimt\" rel=\"sponsored\">Upper Belvedere tickets<\/a>* to see <em>The Kiss<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/kiss\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1119\">Where &amp; how to see <em>The Kiss<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/egon-schiele\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3550\">Schiele in Vienna<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"where-to-see-klimt-s-art\">Klimt: his works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Let us first see what temporary events may be on. And then we can take a gentle journey through the museums and other buildings with permanent displays of Klimt&#8217;s oeuvre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Special exhibitions<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Gustav Klimt and Medicine<\/em> (March 26th to June 28th, 2026): the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/josephinum\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"88725\">Josephinum<\/a> shows a selection of original Klimt art that illustrates the influence of anatomical and medical themes on his work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more permanent exhibitions and examples, let us begin with the big one&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"belvedere\">Belvedere<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/DSC09033.jpg\" alt=\"Upper Belvedere palace and art gallery\" class=\"wp-image-13470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/DSC09033.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/DSC09033-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Upper Belvedere art gallery and home to <em>The Kiss<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re in Vienna and interested in Klimt, then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/upper-belvedere-palace\/\">Upper Belvedere<\/a> should be your top priority. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/gustav-klimt-belvedere\/\">permanent art exhibition<\/a> inside this palace art museum has Klimt&#8217;s incomparable masterpiece, <em>The Kiss<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visiting Vienna on a Klimt tour and not seeing <em>The Kiss<\/em> is like eating a hot dog without the sausage inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belvedere usually has around a dozen other Klimt paintings on display, too. However, you may not be the only one interested, so <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiqets.com\/en\/belvedere-palace-tickets-l145892\/?partner=visitingvienna&amp;tq_campaign=LG_Klimt\" rel=\"sponsored\">book your time slot<\/a>* in advance or risk a wait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See my article on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/kiss\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1119\">The Kiss<\/a> for more advice on how best to see the work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"leopold-museum\">Leopold Museum<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"361\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/klimt_leopold.jpg\" alt=\"Klimt's Death and Life painting\" class=\"wp-image-58440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/klimt_leopold.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/klimt_leopold-300x271.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Gustav Klimt, Death and Life, 1910\/11, reworked in 1912\/13 and 1915\/16; \u00a9 Leopold Museum, Vienna; photo: Leopold Museum, Wien)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/leopold-museum\/\">Leopold Museum<\/a> enjoys considerable fame for its Schiele collection, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/schiele-leopold\/\">Vienna 1900<\/a> permanent art exhibition includes a whole section dedicated to Klimt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Klimt area also has an authentic reproduction of his studio and a small room dedicated to the life and work of Klimt&#8217;s long-time friend and muse, Emilie Fl\u00f6ge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"albertina\">The Albertina<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/albertinaside.jpg\" alt=\"One side of the Albertina museum\" class=\"wp-image-46293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/albertinaside.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/albertinaside-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(One side of the Albertina palais and art museum)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/albertina\/\">Albertina museum<\/a> owns more art than you can shake a paintbrush at but most of it lives in storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their Klimt collection covers a vast number of drawings, for example. What you can actually see, though, depends on the current special exhibitions and the prevailing choice of works in their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/albertina-art\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2999\">permanent exhibition<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You might be lucky. For example, I once caught Klimt&#8217;s 1899 <em>Water Nymphs (Silverfish)<\/em> work on a visit to those permanent displays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"wien-museum\">Wien Museum<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/klimtpallas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/klimtpallas.jpg\" alt=\"Klimt's Pallas Athene\" class=\"wp-image-60615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/klimtpallas.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/klimtpallas-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/klimtpallas-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/klimtpallas-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Gustav Klimt&#8217;s <em>Pallas Athene<\/em>, 1898; Wien Museum Inv.-Nr. 100686; reproduced under the terms of the <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY 4.0 license<\/a>; photo by Birgit and Peter Kainz)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/wien-museum-karlsplatz\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"66174\">Wien Museum main site<\/a> has the years around 1900 as one of the focal points of its excellent permanent exhibition on the city&#8217;s history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Fin de Si\u00e8cle section naturally features art by Klimt and his peers. These works include his seminal 1902 portrait of <em>Emilie Fl\u00f6ge<\/em> and the square-format <em>Pallas Athena<\/em> (1898). And they display a replica of the painter&#8217;s smock Klimt wore in the latter part of his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"kunsthistorisches-museum\">Kunsthistorisches Museum<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kunsthistorischesmuseum.jpg\" alt=\"The Kunsthistorisches Museum\" class=\"wp-image-46392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kunsthistorischesmuseum.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kunsthistorischesmuseum-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Klimt worked on the decor inside the Kunsthistorisches Museum)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The art history museum is better known for its Titians and Tintorettos. So you might wonder how a major star of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/wiener-moderne\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"28303\">Vienna modernism<\/a> fits into the place. Spoiler: he doesn&#8217;t. But&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Franz Matsch, Gustav Klimt and Ernst Klimt were commissioned to contribute to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/khm\/paintings\/\">decorative paintings<\/a> around the museum&#8217;s huge (and majestic) main staircase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re lucky, a temporary stairs or viewing scope lets you get up close to Klimt&#8217;s work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"burgtheater\">Burgtheater<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/klimtburgtheater1890.jpg\" alt=\"Ceiling fresco in the Burgtheater, photographed around 1890\" class=\"wp-image-68433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/klimtburgtheater1890.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/klimtburgtheater1890-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(<em>The Cart of Thespis<\/em>&nbsp;ceiling fresco painted by Gustav Klimt; photographed when the paint was almost still wet in around 1890; Wien Museum Inv.-Nr. 95340\/43; excerpt reproduced with permission under the terms of the CC0 licence)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The public commission that really established the careers of the Klimts and Matsch was a cycle of ceiling paintings for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/theaters\/burgtheater\/\">Burgtheater<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You don&#8217;t have to watch a play to get inside the building and see the frescoes. Simply visit the two main decorative staircases as part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/burgtheater-tour\/\">guided tour<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(P.S. The painting showing a scene from the Globe theatre is the only known Klimt self-portrait.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"secession-building\">Secession building<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/frontsecession.jpg\" alt=\"The front of the Secession building\" class=\"wp-image-45413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/frontsecession.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/frontsecession-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The trademark golden dome of the Secession building)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exhibition building of the famous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/secession\/\">Secession<\/a> group of artists co-founded by Klimt continues to host contemporary art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More importantly for our purposes, the gallery&#8217;s lower floor provides a home for the huge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/beethoven-frieze\/\">Beethovenfries<\/a> wall painting completed by Klimt for the 1902 Beethoven Exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"hermesvilla\">Hermesvilla<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/hermesvillaklimt.jpg\" alt=\"Wide view of the Hermesvilla\" class=\"wp-image-83408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/hermesvillaklimt.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/hermesvillaklimt-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Another location blessed by Klimt&#8217;s paintbrush before he went on to &#8220;better&#8221; things; ; press photo by Lisa Rastl and \u00a9 Wien Museum)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emperor Franz Joseph built this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/hermesvilla\/\">summer residence<\/a> in the 1880s for Empress Elisabeth in the Lainzer Tiergarten woodland park. Klimt worked with his brother and Matsch on ceiling paintings you can view in the Empress&#8217;s bedroom and salon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although in Vienna, reaching the villa takes a while. So don&#8217;t make this your priority Klimt stop unless you&#8217;re planning on a longer stay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-mak-museum\">The MAK museum<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MAKentrance.jpg\" alt=\"Entrance to the MAK\" class=\"wp-image-42899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MAKentrance.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MAKentrance-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The rather lovely entrance)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vienna&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/mak\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"7100\">MAK museum<\/a> focuses on the applied arts, but its <em>Vienna 1900<\/em> permanent exhibition includes, for example, Klimt&#8217;s 1910\/1911 series of design drawings for the mosaic frieze found in the dining room of the Josef Hoffmann-designed Stoclet palace in Belgium (now a UNESCO world heritage site).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Medicine faculty painting<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/klimtmedizin.jpg\" alt=\"Klimt painting on a wall\" class=\"wp-image-80627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/klimtmedizin.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/klimtmedizin-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The 204 unveiling of the reconstruction in the presence of Belvedere curator Franz Smola, University Council Chair Dr. Eva Dichand, Mayor Michael Ludwig, Belvedere General Director Stella Rollig and Rector of the Medical University of Vienna Markus M\u00fcller; press photo \u00a9 Stadt Wien \/ Christian Jobst)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A fire toward the end of WWII destroyed Klimt&#8217;s original Faculty Paintings, leaving us only with black and white photos (and one colour shot of a small part of one painting).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fortunately technology and AI can do more than create fake videos to doomscroll on social media: experts have made a good stab at reconstructing the colours of the paintings (as seen in the wonderful 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/klimt-pigment-pixel\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"79191\">Pigment &amp; Pixel<\/a> exhibition).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the <em>Medicine<\/em> painting appears in giant form on the facade of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meduniwien.ac.at\/web\/ueber-uns\/events\/2018\/lange-nacht-der-forschung\/anna-spiegel-forschungsgebaeude\/\">Anna Spiegel Forschungsgeb\u00e4ude<\/a> of the Medical University of Vienna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Heidi Horten Collection<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/heidihortencollection.jpg\" alt=\"The Heidi Horten Collection building\" class=\"wp-image-47577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/heidihortencollection.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/heidihortencollection-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Klimt kicks off the permanent exhibition)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/heidi-horten-collection\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"47637\">Heidi Horten Collection<\/a> close to the Albertina now has a permanent art display on its ground floor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the Warhols and Picassos, you should also find Klimt&#8217;s <em>Kirche in Unterach am Attersee<\/em> right at the start of the exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"theatermuseum\">Theatermuseum<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/theatermuseum.jpg\" alt=\"The Theatermuseum\" class=\"wp-image-43778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/theatermuseum.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/theatermuseum-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The museum occupies Palais Lobkowitz, where Beethoven&#8217;s 3rd symphony premiered)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And, finally&#8230;if it&#8217;s not on the road for some exhibition or another, then Klimt&#8217;s remarkable 1899 <em>Nuda Veritas<\/em> (Naked Truth) painting lives in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/theatermuseum\/\">Theatermuseum<\/a> in its own small gallery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"klimt-landmarks\">Klimt: life and landmarks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, let&#8217;s take a tour of those locations associated with Klimt&#8217;s life and loves&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"birth-and-death\">Birth<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/klimtbirthplace.jpg\" alt=\"The birthplace of Gustav Klimt\" class=\"wp-image-72528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/klimtbirthplace.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/klimtbirthplace-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Klimt&#8217;s birthplace, photographed round 1910 by Moriz N\u00e4hr; Wien Museum Inv.-Nr. 55267; excerpt reproduced with permission under the terms of the CC0 licence)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Klimt was born at Linzer Strasse 247 on July 14th, 1862 in what is now Vienna\u2019s 14th district. Unfortunately, nothing remains of the original house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead, one of the city&#8217;s famous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/social-housing\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"35479\">municipal housing blocks<\/a> now occupies the space. Built in the late 1960s, it recently had an official name change to the <em>Gustav-Klimt-Hof<\/em> in honour of the artist and location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Klimt Villa<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/klimtvilla.jpg\" alt=\"The Klimt Villa\" class=\"wp-image-46395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/klimtvilla.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/klimtvilla-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Klimt&#8217;s last studio)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/klimt-villa\/\">Klimt Villa<\/a> proved to be the great artist&#8217;s final studio, which he used from 1911 to 1918. It&#8217;s now open to the public, with an authentic recreation of the furniture and decor as it once was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The garden even has plants that Klimt might have once tended and whose colours might have provided inspiration for some of his paintings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"studios\">Other studios &amp; residences<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sandwirthgasse.jpg\" alt=\"House on Sandwirthgasse\" class=\"wp-image-46396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sandwirthgasse.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sandwirthgasse-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Sandwirtgasse 8)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can&#8217;t see inside these places (excepting the Otto Wagner Villa), but these are other locations I&#8217;ve tracked down:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stuckgasse 6: an early studio before the Company of Artists was founded in 1883<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sandwirtgasse 8: the first joint studio with Ernst Klimt and Franz Matsch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Josefst\u00e4dter Stra\u00dfe 21: a joint garden studio with the same, which Klimt continued to use after the Company ended in 1892<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Florianigasse 54: an attic studio Klimt rented for completing the controversial Faculty Paintings that were allegedly destroyed by fire at the end of WWII<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/casa.jpg\" alt=\"Casa piccola\" class=\"wp-image-46397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/casa.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/casa-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Casa Piccola)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Burggasse 47: Klimt&#8217;s home prior to Westbahnstra\u00dfe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Neubaugasse 54: the artist lived here during his childhood<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Casa Piccola, Mariahilfer Stra\u00dfe 1a: location of the <em>Schwestern Fl\u00f6ge<\/em> fashion salon co-run by Emilie Fl\u00f6ge (Klimt&#8217;s &#8220;life companion&#8221;) from 1904-1938. It occupied the floor above the coffee house. A plaque on an outer wall is dedicated to Fl\u00f6ge and suggests that Klimt and Kolo Moser designed the salon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/otto-wagner-villa\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"26602\">Otto Wagner Villa<\/a>: Klimt was apparently a guest at this gorgeous villa, initially built by the architect Otto Wagner and then renovated and reworked by the artist Ernst Fuchs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Death<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/westbahnstrasse.jpg\" alt=\"Building in Westbahnstra\u00dfe, where Klimt spent his final years\" class=\"wp-image-46393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/westbahnstrasse.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/westbahnstrasse-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Klimt&#8217;s final residence)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Klimt&#8217;s final residence was at Westbahnstra\u00dfe 36 in the 7th district, where he suffered the stroke that was to prove his undoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A plaque outside the building commemorates the location and notes (my translation of the German):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The artist Gustav Klimt lived in this house in the years 1898 &#8211; 1918<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/oldgeneralhospital.jpg\" alt=\"Old hospital where Klimt died\" class=\"wp-image-46394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/oldgeneralhospital.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/oldgeneralhospital-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The old general hospital buildings)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After he fell ill, they took Klimt to the hospital on Alser Stra\u00dfe in the 9th district. He died there on February 6th, 1918. The area now houses a collection of university buildings, bars and shops (and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/christmasmarkets\/altes-akh\/\">Christmas market<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"klimt-s-grave\">Klimt&#8217;s grave<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/klimtgrave.jpg\" alt=\"Gustav Klimt's grave\" class=\"wp-image-42459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/klimtgrave.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/klimtgrave-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Klimt&#8217;s gravestone)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Klimt is buried in the Hietzinger cemetery in Vienna&#8217;s 13th district (Maxingstra\u00dfe 15), adjoining the grounds of the famous Sch\u00f6nbrunn Palace.  His well-kept honorary grave carries the number 194\/195 in the section marked as Group Five.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For all the details and directions, see the article on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/klimt-grave\/\">Klimt&#8217;s grave<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"and-finally\">And finally&#8230;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The souvenir industry has discovered Klimt, so expect to find appropriate mementos all over the city. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/kiss\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1119\">The Kiss<\/a> has now transcended the glorious surroundings of Upper Belvedere to appear on a million mugs and mouse pads. Poor Gustav.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Klimt location map<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1cVTHuOs37_--iPaYtF4znJhMHJ8\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The global names associated with Vienna&#8217;s history tend to carry a quill and sheet music. One artist has muscled his way in among the musicians, though: Gustav Klimt. This Klimt guide covers two sets of locations for those wishing to trace his paint-splattered footsteps: Klimt was born, lived, worked, and died in the city. 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