Women Friends

[1][2] Made towards the end of Klimt's career, the visual language seen in many of his other late paintings is visible in Women Friends.This included potential depictions of lesbianism, incorporated into the more overtly explored ranges of sexuality and of the female body within his works.Although the relationship of the women in the painting remains ambiguous, the topic was a fashionable one in French pop culture, and Klimt is known for his exploration of female sexuality.[4] Twenty years after Klimt's death, nearing the end of the Second World War, Germany annexed Austria in 1938, thus bringing to a halt private collecting of the arts.In 1943, Klimt's paintings were the focus of a Nazi retrospective hosted in the Secession Building (renamed at the time to 'Friedrichstrasse Gallery') in occupied Vienna.
Gustav KlimtOil on canvasSchloss ImmendorfLady with a FanPortrait of a LadyThe KissThe MaidenFeng-huaWater Serpents IIAugust LedererSerena LedererBeethoven FriezePhilosophyJurisprudenceSecond World WarSecession BuildingJudith and the Head of HolofernesList of paintings by Gustav KlimtArtstorList of paintingsSchubert at the PianoInsel im AtterseeBirnbaumHope IThe Three Ages of WomanDanaëPortrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer IHope IISchloss by the WaterThe Tree of Life, Stoclet FriezePortrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer IIDeath and LifePortrait of Fräulein LieserPortrait of Johanna StaudeKlimt University of Vienna Ceiling PaintingsStoclet FriezeKlimt VillaErnst Klimt (brother)Emilie Louise Flöge (life companion)Bride of the WindStealing KlimtWoman in Gold