Ernst Klimt

He was the third of seven children born to the gold engraver, Ernst Klimt (1834–1892), originally from Bohemia, and was raised under very modest circumstances.In 1877, aged only thirteen, he became a student at the University of Applied Arts, where his older brother, Gustav, had been studying for a year.He also introduced them to Hans Makart, who employed them for what is now known as the "Makart-Festzug [de]", celebrating the silver anniversary of Emperor Franz Joseph I and his wife, Elisabeth.After Laufberger's death, in 1881 he, Gustav, and their friend from school, Franz Matsch, founded the "Künstler-Compagnie" and, two years later, opened their own studio.Among other things, their company created curtains and ceiling paintings for theaters in Reichenberg, Karlsbad and Fiume.
Ernst Klimt (1881)
Before the Wedding Österreichische Galerie Belvedere
Österreichische Galerie BelvedereViennahistory painterGustav KlimtBohemiaUniversity of Applied ArtsFerdinand LaufbergerHans MakartFranz Joseph IElisabethFranz MatschReichenbergKarlsbadHermesvillafrescoesBurgtheaterpaintings in the staircase of the Kunsthistorisches MuseumMondsee CastlePeleș CastleEmilie FlögepericardiumÖsterreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950Austrian Academy of SciencesAgnes HussleinUnion List of Artist Names