Gustav Klimt: The Kiss

Alfred Weidinger studierte Kunstgeschichte in Wien. Seit 2007 ist er Kurator und Projektmanager am Belvedere in Wien.
Agnes Husslein-Arco, geb. 1954, Kunsthistorikerin und Kunstmanagerin. Von 1996-2000 Vorstandsmitglied der Wiener Secession, von 1981-2000 Geschäftsführerin von Sotheby's Österreich. 1990-98 Director of European Development des Guggenheim Museums und 1990-2000 Organisatorin der Guggenheim Association Salzburg und des Austrian Guggenheim Advisory Board. Sie ist Mitglied des World Wide Teams for Contemporary, Modern and Impressionist Art. Von 2001-2005 war Husslein Direktorin des Rupertinums in Salzburg. Die Eröffnung des Museums der Moderne am Mönchsberg im Jahr 2004 ist auch mit ihrem Namen verbunden. Ab 2007 Direktorin der Österreichischen Galerie Belvedere.

Stefanie Penck, ist Kunsthistorikerin und freie Autorin und langjährige Verlagsmitarbeiterin. Sie ist verantwortlich für internationale Museumsprojekte, gründetet 2012 ein eigenes Unternehmens ("Penck Publishing"), das Museen und kulturelle Institutionen in Fragen zu Kommunikations-, Publikations- und Marketingstrategien berät, digitale Publikationsprojekte konzipiert und umsetzt.

"Again my eager mouth seeks to encounter Your lips that bless me with their kisses I wish to hold your dear fingers And enlace them playfully in mine" These verses (LOVE) by Hermann Hesse could have been written for Gustav Klimt's undoubtedly most famous painting of lovers (The Kiss), Alfred Weidinger refers to it as a "monumental icon", which is known worldwide and entices thousands of visitors to the Belvedere in Vienna every year. While the golden background represents the divine on Russian icons, this image painted on a golden background and decorated with gold leaf is an ode to love. The authors present, from the point of view of the latest research, all the essential aspects of the creation, significance, and history of this popular work of art, as well as interesting and entertaining facts about the painter and the role of women in the artist's life and paintings. A visual feast and enjoyable reading experience for all enthusiasts of the Viennese Art Nouveau and its greatest master.

Again my eager mouth seeks to encounter
Your lips that bless me with their kisses
I wish to hold your dear fingers
And enlace them playfully in mine
These verses (LOVE) by Hermann Hesse could have been written for Gustav Klimt s undoubtedly most famous painting of lovers (The Kiss), Alfred Weidinger refers to it as a monumental icon , which is known worldwide and entices thousands of visitors to the Belvedere in Vienna every year. While the golden background represents the divine on Russian icons, this image painted on a golden background and decorated with gold leaf is an ode to love.
The authors present, from the point of view of the latest research, all the essential aspects of the creation, significance, and history of this popular work of art, as well as interesting and entertaining facts about the painter and the role of women in the artist s life and paintings. A visual feast and enjoyable reading experience for all enthusiasts of the Viennese Art Nouveau and its greatest master.