Georg Klimt
1867-1931

Georg was the brother of Gustav and Ernst Klimt. After completing his apprenticeship, he studied at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts. From 1897 on, Klimt showed his works, which were based on his own and other artists’ designs, in arts and crafts exhibitions at the Austrian Museum of Art and Industry. From 1901 to 1922, Klimt taught at the Vienna Art School for Women and Girls. He designed a number of Secessionist relief panels of the highest quality as well as the bronze doors for the main entrance of the Secession, built according to plans of Olbrich in 1898. The VIII^th Secession Exhibition in 1900 offered Klimt the opportunity to familiarise himself with furniture and arts and crafts objects designed by the Scottish artists Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his wife. He was particularly impressed by their chased objects, and subsequently created a number of exceptional reliefs, which, although they reflect the influence of these renowned artists, were executed in Klimt’s own elegant Viennese style.