Unlocking the Exquisite Details in Klimt’s Intimate Painting

Discover a rendition of love

The Kiss (1907–08) by Gustav Klimt. Oil and gold leaf on canvas. 180 × 180 cm. Österreichische Galerie Belvedere Museum, Vienna, Austria. Image source Wikimedia Commons

There are few paintings that are as universally admired, even adored, as this one.

The Austrian artist Gustav Klimt made The Kiss in about 1908. It teems with ornate abstract and floral patterns characteristic of this phase of his artistic career.