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Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio "Gastein" collotype
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler Plate #21, Gastein; grey-green monochrome collotype after the 1917
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1930s Vienna Secession Landscape Prints

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Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio "Baby" collotype
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler Plate #25, Baby; black & white collotype after the 1917 painting in
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1930s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio "Charlotte Pulitzer" collotype
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler Plate #19, Bildnis einer alten Dame; sepia-toned monochrome
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1930s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Archival Paper

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio “Expectation” collotype print
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler #12, Aus dem Stoclet-Fries: Erwartung; multi-color collotype after
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1930s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio “Hygieia” collotype print
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler #10, Ausschnitt aus dem Bilde “Medizin”; multi-color collotype
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1930s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio "Girlfriends II" collotype print
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler #1, Die Freundinnen II; multi-color collotype after 1916/17 painting
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1930s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Paper

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio “Adam & Eve” collotype print
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler #20, Adam und Eva; multi-color collotype after unfinished 1917/18
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1930s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Paper

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio “The Bride” collotype print
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler #30, Brautzug; multi-color collotype after unfinished 1917/18
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1930s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio "Portrait of Baroness Wittgenstein" collotype
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler Plate #4, Bildnis Baronin Wittgenstein; dark grey monochrome
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1930s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Paper

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio "Portrait of Serena Lederer" collotype
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler Plate #6, Bildnis Frau Serena Lederer; grey monochrome collotype
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1930s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Paper

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio "Litzlberg on Lake Attersee" collotype
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler Plate #8, Litzlberg on Lake Attersee; blue monochrome collotype
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1930s Vienna Secession Landscape Prints

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Paper

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio “The Embrace (Fulfillment)” collotype print
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler #17, Aus dem Stoclet-Fries: Die Umarmung; multi-color collotype
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1930s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio “Portrait of Baroness Bachofen-Echt” collotype
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler #22, Bildnis Baronin Bachofen-Echt; multi-color collotype after 1914
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1930s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Archival Paper

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio "Lady in a Feathered Hat" collotype
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler Plate #2, Dame mit Blumenhut (aka The Violet Hat); sepia monochrome
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1930s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Paper

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio “House in a Garden” collotype print
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler #9, Haus Im Garten; aka Forester’s House in Weissenbach II; multi
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1930s Vienna Secession Landscape Prints

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Paper

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio “Malcesine on Lake Garda" collotype print
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler #7, Malcesine am Gardasee; multi-color collotype after 1913 painting
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1930s Vienna Secession Landscape Prints

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Paper

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio "Portrait of Friederike Marie Beer" collotype
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler Plate #24, Bildnis Friederike Maria Beer; multi-color collotype
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1930s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Paper

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio "Houses in Unterach on Lake Attersee" collotype
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler Plate #29, Am Attersee; brown-toned monochrome collotype after the
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1930s Vienna Secession Landscape Prints

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Archival Paper

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio “Allegory of Life and Death” collotype print
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler #18, Der Tod und das Leben; multi-color collotype after original
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1930s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Paper

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Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio "Gastein" collotype
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler Plate #21, Gastein; grey-green monochrome collotype after the 1917
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1930s Vienna Secession Landscape Prints

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Paper

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio “Sunflowers” collotype print
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler #3, Sonnenblumen; multi-color collotype after 1908 painting in oil
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1930s Vienna Secession Landscape Prints

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio "Charlotte Pulitzer" collotype
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler Plate #19, Bildnis einer alten Dame; sepia-toned monochrome
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1930s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio “Sunflowers” collotype print
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler #3, Sonnenblumen; multi-color collotype after 1908 painting in oil
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1930s Vienna Secession Landscape Prints

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Paper

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio “Sunflowers” collotype print
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler #3, Sonnenblumen; multi-color collotype after 1908 painting in oil
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1930s Vienna Secession Landscape Prints

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Paper

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio "Charlotte Pulitzer" collotype
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler Plate #19, Bildnis einer alten Dame; sepia-toned monochrome
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1930s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Archival Paper

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio "Section of Jurisprudence" collotype
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler Plate #11, Aus den Bilde “Die Jurisprudenz”; brown-toned monochrome
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1930s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Paper

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio "Italian Garden Landscape" collotype
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler Plate #23, Italienische Landschaft; blue-grey monochrome collotype
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1930s Vienna Secession Landscape Prints

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Paper

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio "Italian Garden Landscape" collotype
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler Plate #23, Italienische Landschaft; blue-grey monochrome collotype
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1930s Vienna Secession Landscape Prints

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Paper

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio "Section of Jurisprudence" collotype
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler Plate #11, Aus den Bilde “Die Jurisprudenz”; brown-toned monochrome
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1930s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Paper

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio "Girlfriends II" collotype print
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler #1, Die Freundinnen II; multi-color collotype after 1916/17 painting
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1930s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Paper

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio "Wally" (Girl in Profile) collotype
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler Plate #27, Madchen im Profile; grey-toned monochrome collotype after
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1930s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Paper

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio "Portrait of Baroness Wittgenstein" collotype
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler Plate #4, Bildnis Baronin Wittgenstein; dark grey monochrome
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1930s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Paper

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio “Portrait of Baroness Bachofen-Echt” collotype
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler #22, Bildnis Baronin Bachofen-Echt; multi-color collotype after 1914
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1930s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio "Poppy Field (Poppies in Bloom)" collotype
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler #5, Mohnwiese; multi-color collotype after 1907 painting in oil on
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1930s Vienna Secession Landscape Prints

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio “Church on Lake Wolfgang” collotype print
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler #28, Kirche am Wolfgangsee; multi-color collotype after 1915/16
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1930s Vienna Secession Landscape Prints

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Paper

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio “Church on Lake Wolfgang” collotype print
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler #28, Kirche am Wolfgangsee; multi-color collotype after 1915/16
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1930s Vienna Secession Landscape Prints

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Paper

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio "Poppy Field (Poppies in Bloom)" collotype
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler #5, Mohnwiese; multi-color collotype after 1907 painting in oil on
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1930s Vienna Secession Landscape Prints

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Archival Paper

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio “Garden Path with Chickens” collotype print
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler #26, Bauerngarten mit Hühnern; multi-color collotype after 1916
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1930s Vienna Secession Landscape Prints

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Paper

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio "Houses in Unterach on Lake Attersee" collotype
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler Plate #29, Am Attersee; brown-toned monochrome collotype after the
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1930s Vienna Secession Landscape Prints

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Archival Paper

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio "Houses in Unterach on Lake Attersee" collotype
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler Plate #29, Am Attersee; brown-toned monochrome collotype after the
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1930s Vienna Secession Landscape Prints

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio "Houses in Unterach on Lake Attersee" collotype
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler Plate #29, Am Attersee; brown-toned monochrome collotype after the
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1930s Vienna Secession Landscape Prints

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Archival Paper

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio "Studies for the Frieze at Palais" 4 collotypes
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler Plates #13-16, black & white collotypes after the 1911 cartoon
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1930s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio "Studies for the Frieze at Palais" 4 collotypes
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler Plates #13-16, black & white collotypes after the 1911 cartoon
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1930s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Archival Paper

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio "Studies for the Frieze at Palais" 4 collotypes
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler Plates #13-16, black & white collotypes after the 1911 cartoon
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1930s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Archival Paper

Expectation from the portfolio Aftermath by Gustav Klimt
By Gustav Klimt
Located in New York, NY
From Gustav Klimt An Aftermath, Max Eisler, Editor, Vienna, 1931, Austrian State Printing Office
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Vintage 1930s Austrian Prints

Girlfriends from the portfolio Aftermath by Gustav Klimt
By Gustav Klimt
Located in New York, NY
From Gustav Klimt An Aftermath, Max Eisler, Editor, Vienna, 1931, Austrian State Printing Office
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Vintage 1930s Austrian Prints

Rooster Parade from the portfolio Aftermath by Gustav Klimt
By Gustav Klimt
Located in New York, NY
Gustav Klimt An Aftermath Vienna, 1931 Max Eisler, Editor Austrian State Printing Office
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Vintage 1930s Austrian Expressionist Prints

Bridal Progress from the portfolio Aftermath by Gustav Klimt
By Gustav Klimt
Located in New York, NY
Plate# 30/30.From Gustav Klimt An Aftermath Vienna, 1931 Max Eisler, Editor Austrian State
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Vintage 1930s Austrian Prints

Adam and Eve from the portfolio Aftermath by Gustav Klimt
By Gustav Klimt
Located in New York, NY
Plate: #20/30.From Gustav Klimt An Aftermath Vienna, 1931 Max Eisler, Editor Austrian State
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Vintage 1930s Austrian Prints

Portrait of Marie Beer from the portfolio Aftermath by Gustav Klimt
By Gustav Klimt
Located in New York, NY
Plate #24/30. From Gustav Klimt An Aftermath Vienna, 1931 Max Eisler, Editor Austrian State
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Vintage 1930s Austrian Prints

Church on Lake Wolfgang from the portfolio Aftermath by Gustav Klimt
By Gustav Klimt
Located in New York, NY
Plate # 28/30. from Gustav Klimt An Aftermath Vienna, 1931 Max Eisler, Editor Austrian State
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Vintage 1930s Austrian Prints

The Allegory of Death and Life from the portfolio Aftermath by Gustav Klimt
By Gustav Klimt
Located in New York, NY
Plate # 18/20 From Gustav Klimt An Aftermath Vienna, 1931 Max Eisler, Editor Austrian State
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Vintage 1930s Austrian Prints

Gustav Klimt - Portrait of Marie Beer
Located in New York, NY
From Gustav Klimt An Aftermath, Max Eisler, Editor, Vienna, 1931, Austrian State Printing Office.
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Early 20th Century Austrian Prints

Gustav Klimt - Portrait of Baroness Bachofen-Echt
Located in New York, NY
From Gustav Klimt An Aftermath, Max Eisler, Editor, Vienna, 1931, Austrian State Printing Office.
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Early 20th Century Austrian Prints

Malcesine on Lake Garda
Located in New York, NY
From Gustav Klimt An Aftermath, Max Eisler, Editor, Vienna, 1931, Austrian State Printing Office.
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Vintage 1930s Austrian Prints

Girl in Profile from the portfolio Aftermath by Gustav Klimt
By Gustav Klimt
Located in New York, NY
Plate #27/30. From Gustav Klimt An Aftermath Vienna, 1931 Max Eisler, Editor Austrian State
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Vintage 1930s Austrian Prints

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A Close Look at Expressionist Art

While “expressionist” is used to describe any art that avoids naturalism and instead employs a bold use of flattened forms and intense brushwork, Expressionist art formally describes early-20th-century work from Europe that drew on Symbolism and confronted issues such as urbanization and capitalism. Expressionist artists experimented in paintings and prints with skewed perspectives, abstraction and unconventional, bright colors to portray how isolating and anxious the world felt rather than how it appeared. 

Between 1905 and 1920, Austrian and German artists, in particular, were inspired by Postimpressionists such as Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh in their efforts to strive for a new authenticity in their work. In its geometric patterns and decorative details, Expressionist art was also marked by eclectic sources like German and Russian folk art as well as tribal art from Africa and Oceania, which the movement’s practitioners witnessed at museums and world’s fairs.

Groups of artists came together to share and promote the themes now associated with Expressionism, such as Die Brücke (The Bridge) in Dresden, which included Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and investigated alienation and the dissolution of society in vivid color. In Munich, Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), a group led by Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc, instilled Expressionism with a search for spiritual truths. In his iconic painting The Scream, prolific Norwegian painter Edvard Munch conveyed emotional turmoil through his depiction of environmental elements, such as the threatening sky.

Expressionism shifted around the outbreak of World War I, with artists using more elements of the grotesque in reaction to the escalation of unrest and violence. Printmaking was especially popular, as it allowed artists to widely disseminate works that grappled with social and political issues amid this time of upheaval. Although the art movement ended with the rise of Nazi Germany, where Expressionist creators were labeled “degenerate,” the radical ideas of these artists would influence Neo-Expressionism that emerged in the late 1970s with painters like Jean-Michel Basquiat and Francesco Clemente.

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