Definition of Klimt

1. Noun. Austrian painter influenced by art nouveau (1862-1918).

Exact synonyms: Gustav Klimt
Generic synonyms: Painter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Klimt

Kleihauer
Kleihauer's stain
Klein
Klein-Gumprecht shadow nuclei
Klein bottle
Klein bottles
Kleine-Levin syndrome
Kleinian
Kleist
Klemens Metternich
Klenow fragment
Klexter
Klexters
Klimt (current term)
Kline
Klinefelter
Klingon
Klingonaase
Klingonist
Klingonists
Klingons
Klippel
Kln

Literary usage of Klimt

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Chefs-d'oeuvre by Victor Champier, William Walton, André Saglio (1900)
"... in marble and bronze, all of them expressive, that of Johann Strauss is certainly very spirited. One is even in red marble. GUSTAV Klimt. PALLAS ATHENE. ..."

2. The History of Modern Painting by RICHARD. MUTHER (1907)
"One, at least, Gustav Klimt, can claim to be named among the best of European artists. ... Klimt has given the Viennese a new sensation, a new thrill. ..."

3. Measurements for Competitiveness in Electronics (1994)
"Klimt indicates that "marking and bar coding represent a $2.5 ... Klimt does not indicate whether the market he is characterizing is US or world, ..."

4. Austria of the Austrians and Hungary of the Hungarians by Leon Kellner, Paula Arnold, Arthur L. Delisle (1914)
"An erratic genius is the first president of the " Secession," Gustav Klimt (born 1862). He began with graceful, brilliant, but perfectly normal decorative ..."

5. Chief Contemporary Dramatists, Second Series: Eighteen Plays from the Recent by Thomas Herbert Dickinson (1921)
"... Klimt hair, everything Klimt; tries in every way to be nervously iridescent; is perpetually excited and suspicious; occasionally she forgets herself and ..."

6. Modern Art: Being a Contribution to a New System of æsthetics by Julius Meier-Graefe (1908)
"But while the Italian uses these weaknesses as a sort of personal adornment, Klimt flies to this makeshift of art as to a refuge, and by honest work tries ..."

7. Modern Art: Being a Contribution to a New System of æsthetics by Julius Meier-Graefe (1908)
"... was to refuse the title of professor to the eminent painter, Klimt. ... the first designs for houses, the first tables and chairs made by Klimt, ..."

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