Klimt and the kiss

Klimt was one of the most influential exponents of Art Nouveau, the movement which spread throughout Europe in the late 19th century. His oil paintings art was inspired by the ethereal atmosphere of work by artists such as Aubrey Beardsley, and by some aspects of Impressionist technique; it was also determinedly eclectic, borrowing motifs from Byzantine, Greek and Egyptian art.
Although his oil paintings sale art is now widely popular, it was neglected for much of the 20th century, and provoked opposition in his own day, facing charges of obscenity and objections to his lightly allusive approach to symbolism. His treatment of erotic themes was generally delicate and veiled in his paintings, but his drawings as Klimt The Kiss gave full expression to his considerable sexual appetite.