--- type: exposition title: "IN-SIGHT: Gustav Klimt" language: en url: "https://www.belvedere.at/en/sight-gustav-klimt" --- # IN-SIGHT: Gustav Klimt ## The Bride ![Gustav Klimt, Die Braut, 1917/18 (unvollendet)](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/header_cropped_1920x480_fp/public/2025-01/Gustav%20Klimt_Die%20Braut_1917_18_Klimt%20Foundation_LG853_0.jpg.webp?itok=v-OaXNhe) **Duration:** 15 May 2025 - 5 October 2025 In 1917, the last year of his career, Gustav Klimt started working on one of his largest paintings, the allegorical work *The Bride*. His unexpected and premature death in February 1918 prevented him from finishing this painting. A now iconic image by Klimt’s favorite photographer Moriz Nähr shows *The Bride* together with *Lady with Fan*—itself the subject of an exhibition at the Upper Belvedere in 2021/22—in the painter’s studio in Vienna’s Hietzing district. Klimt’s last studio sets the scene for this exhibition with a spotlight on the encounters that took place there between the artist and important people in his life. Sources include reports by his fellow painters Egon Schiele and Felix Albrecht Harta, the writings of Arthur Schnitzler and the Japanese artist Kijiro Ohta, in addition to accounts from Friederike Beer-Monti, who was portrayed by Klimt, and his patron Eugenia (Mäda) Primavesi. The exhibition is a joint project between the Belvedere and the [Klimt Foundation](https://www.klimt-foundation.com/en/), Vienna. Curated by Franz Smola (Belvedere) and Sandra Tretter (Klimt-Foundation, Vienna). ### [Upper Belvedere](https://www.belvedere.at/en/visit/upper-belvedere) **Opening hours:** Monday to Sunday, 9 am - 6 pm **Address:** Upper Belvedere, 1030 Vienna ([Getting there]()) [Tickets](https://www.belvedere.at/en/tickets?location%5B0%5D=1) ## Impressions - ![Ausstellungsansicht "IM BLICK: Gustav Klimt. Die Braut", Oberes Belvedere — Installation view "IN-SIGHT: Gustav Klimt. The Bride", Upper Belvedere — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2025-05/OB%20Gustav%20Klimt%20Die%20Braut%20PR-05.jpg.webp?itok=XZVqdGSb) - ![Ausstellungsansicht "IM BLICK: Gustav Klimt. Die Braut", Oberes Belvedere — Installation view "IN-SIGHT: Gustav Klimt. The Bride", Upper Belvedere — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2025-05/OB%20Gustav%20Klimt%20Die%20Braut%20PR-17.jpg.webp?itok=RuUk6Fj5) - ![Ausstellungsansicht "IM BLICK: Gustav Klimt. Die Braut", Oberes Belvedere — Installation view "IN-SIGHT: Gustav Klimt. The Bride", Upper Belvedere — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2025-05/OB%20Gustav%20Klimt%20Die%20Braut%20PR-16.jpg.webp?itok=AkHUQFY2) - ![Ausstellungsansicht "IM BLICK: Gustav Klimt. Die Braut", Oberes Belvedere — Installation view "IN-SIGHT: Gustav Klimt. The Bride", Upper Belvedere — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2025-05/OB%20Gustav%20Klimt%20Die%20Braut%20PR-15.jpg.webp?itok=2wm7IXQD) - ![Ausstellungsansicht "IM BLICK: Gustav Klimt. Die Braut", Oberes Belvedere — Installation view "IN-SIGHT: Gustav Klimt. The Bride", Upper Belvedere — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2025-05/OB%20Gustav%20Klimt%20Die%20Braut%20PR-14.jpg.webp?itok=96-TJOej) - ![Ausstellungsansicht "IM BLICK: Gustav Klimt. Die Braut", Oberes Belvedere — Installation view "IN-SIGHT: Gustav Klimt. The Bride", Upper Belvedere — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2025-05/OB%20Gustav%20Klimt%20Die%20Braut%20PR-13.jpg.webp?itok=kZL8VmVT) - ![Ausstellungsansicht "IM BLICK: Gustav Klimt. Die Braut", Oberes Belvedere — Installation view "IN-SIGHT: Gustav Klimt. The Bride", Upper Belvedere — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2025-05/OB%20Gustav%20Klimt%20Die%20Braut%20PR-09.jpg.webp?itok=B8LMjLHz) - ![Ausstellungsansicht "IM BLICK: Gustav Klimt. Die Braut", Oberes Belvedere — Installation view "IN-SIGHT: Gustav Klimt. The Bride", Upper Belvedere — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2025-05/OB%20Gustav%20Klimt%20Die%20Braut%20PR-08.jpg.webp?itok=NbBvsRt5) - ![Ausstellungsansicht "IM BLICK: Gustav Klimt. Die Braut", Oberes Belvedere — Installation view "IN-SIGHT: Gustav Klimt. The Bride", Upper Belvedere — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2025-05/OB%20Gustav%20Klimt%20Die%20Braut%20PR-07.jpg.webp?itok=pL2XmFVh) - ![Ausstellungsansicht "IM BLICK: Gustav Klimt. Die Braut", Oberes Belvedere — Installation view "IN-SIGHT: Gustav Klimt. The Bride", Upper Belvedere — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2025-05/OB%20Gustav%20Klimt%20Die%20Braut%20PR-01.jpg.webp?itok=eyJvEwWV) ## The Exhibition - ![Gustav Klimt, Die Braut, 1917/18 (unvollendet) — Gustav Klimt, The Bride, 1917/18 (unfinished) — Klimt Foundation, Vienna, inv. no. S4, on loan in the Belvedere, Vienna, Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna © Klimt Foundation, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/2025-01/Gustav%20Klimt_Die%20Braut_1917_18_Klimt%20Foundation_LG853_0.jpg.webp?itok=CeQKN2Zi) - ![Gustav Klimt: Studie für die rechte Figur mit gespreizten Beinen und Rock im Gemälde "Die Braut" aus dem letzten Skizzenbuch, 1917 — Gustav Klimt, Study for the right figure with legs spread and a skirt in the painting "The Bride" from the last sketchbook, 1917 — Klimt Foundation, Vienna, inv. no. S116 — © Klimt Foundation, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/2024-10/Gustav%20Klimt%20Studie%20f%C3%BCr%20die%20rechte%20Figur%20mit%20gespreizten%20Beinen%20und%20Rock%20im%20Gem%C3%A4lde%20Die%20Braut%20aus%20dem%20letzten%20Skizzenbuch_1917_Klimt-Foundation.jpg.webp?itok=vWN4VxxU) - ![Gustav Klimt: Weiblicher Rückenakt mit hochgeschobenem Kleid. Studie für den linken Rückenakt im Gemälde Die Braut, 1917 — Gustav Klimt, Female nude from the back with her dress pulled up. Study for the left female nude from the back in the painting "The Bride", 1917 — private collection, courtesy Klimt Foundation, Vienna — © Klimt Foundation, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/2024-10/Gustav%20Klimt%20Weiblicher%20R%C3%BCckenakt%20mit%20hochgeschobenem%20Kleid.%20Studie%20f%C3%BCr%20den%20linken%20R%C3%BCckenakt%20im%20Gem%C3%A4lde%20Die%20Braut_1917_Klimt-Foundation.jpg.webp?itok=9EMW2Nn_) - ![Gustav Klimt: Kniender Halbakt mit erhobenen Armen in hochgerafftem Kleid. Studie für die rechte Figur im Gemälde Die Braut, 1917 — Gustav Klimt, A half nude kneeling with arms raised in a high-ruffled dress. Study for the right figure in the painting "The Bride", 1917 — Klimt Foundation, Vienna, inv. no. S91 — © Klimt Foundation, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/2024-10/Gustav%20Klimt_Kniender%20Halbakt%20mit%20erhobenen%20Armen%20in%20hochgerafftem%20Kleid.%20Studie%20f%C3%BCr%20die%20rechte%20Figur%20im%20Gem%C3%A4lde%20Die%20Braut_1917_Klimt-Foundation.jpg.webp?itok=UdTiIHcY) - ![Gustav Klimt: Studie für die linke Figurengruppe im Gemälde "Die Braut" aus dem letzten Skizzenbuch, 1917 — Gustav Klimt, Study for the left group of figures in the painting "The Bride" from the last sketchbook, 1917 — Klimt Foundation, Vienna, inv. no. S116 — © Klimt Foundation, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/2024-10/Gustav%20Klimt%20Studie%20f%C3%BCr%20die%20linke%20Figurengruppe%20im%20Gem%C3%A4lde%20Die%20Braut%20aus%20dem%20letzten%20Skizzenbuch_1917_Klimt-Foundation.jpg.webp?itok=wYntZCNY) - ![Schwarz-/Weiß-Fotografie von Gustav Klimts Werkstattraum in der Feldmühlgasse — Gustav Klimt’s studio on Feldmühlgasse, photographed by Moriz Nähr, 1917 — © Kupferstichkabinett der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/2025-04/PH_18384.jpg.webp?itok=GQZ0L_W5) - ![Schwarz-/Weiß-Fotografie Garten und Pavillon von Gustav Klimts Atelier in der Feldmühlgasse, 1917, fotografiert von Moriz Nähr — Garden and pavilion of Gustav Klimt’s studio on Feldmühlgasse in Vienna, photographed by Moriz Nähr, 1917, Klimt Foundation, Vienna, inv. no. S296 — © Klimt-Foundation, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/2025-04/Gustav%20Klimts%20Atelier%20in%20der%20Feldm%C3%BChlgasse_1917_Moriz%20N%C3%A4hr_296.jpg.webp?itok=79aeblDw) - ![Schwarz-/Weiß-Fotografie Garten und Außenansicht von Gustav Klimts Atelier in der Feldmühlgasse, 1917, fotografiert von Moriz Nähr — Garden and exterior of Gustav Klimt’s studio on Feldmühlgasse in Vienna, photographed by Moriz Nähr, Klimt Foundation, Vienna, inv. no. S295 — © Klimt-Foundation, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/2025-04/Gustav%20Klimts%20Atelier%20in%20der%20Feldm%C3%BChlgasse_1917_Moriz%20N%C3%A4hr_295.jpg.webp?itok=rm3cPR92) *The Bride* itself is the focus of the exhibition, contextualized with numerous pencil drawings in which Klimt had carefully worked out many of the figures. Further studies can be found in the artist’s last sketchbook before his death. A large range of these studies are now being shown to the public, allowing direct comparison with the painting. As part of the preparations for the exhibition, in-depth technical analysis, including X-rays, was conducted on the painting and the results will also be presented. Finally, the exhibition will also relate the history of the painting from its creation to the present. It was initially in the possession of Klimt’s unwavering life companion and heiress Emilie Flöge. Later it was acquired by Klimt’s first illegitimate son Gustav Ucicky. In the 1920s the work was regularly shown at exhibitions. Following the incorporation of Klimt’s last allegory in the collection of the not-for-profit Klimt Foundation in 2013, *The Bride* has been on loan to the Belvedere since 2014.