02095cam a2200361 i 4500 373057629 TxAuBib 20190402120000.0 181102s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781781453117 14.95 178145311X 14.95 eng rda TxAuBib rda Croot, Viv. Biographic Klimt [BOOK] / Viv Croot; design and illustration by Matt Carr & Robin Shields. East Sussex, UK : Ammonite Press, 2017. 95 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Biographic Includes index. Many people know that Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) was an Austrian painter and founding member of the Vienna Secession art group, whose gold-tinged paintings of the female nude include The Kiss. What, perhaps, they don't know is that The Kiss was sold before its completion for 25,000 crowns-over 50 times the amount paid for any other Austrian painting at the time; that he fathered at least 14 illegitimate children; that his fondness for cats led to his studio being overrun by his feline friends; and that in 2006 he set the record for the highest-priced painting in the world, when his Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I was sold for $135million. This book presents an instant impression of his life, work, and fame, with an array of irresistible facts and figures converted into infographics to reveal the artist behind the pictures. It is published to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the artist's death. Provided by publisher. 20190402. Klimt, Gustav 1862-1918. Painters Austria Biography. Biographies. Carr, Matt, 1971-, illustrator. Shields, Robin, (illustrator), illustrator. Biographic.