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Masterpieces revisited: Gustav Klimt

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August 8, 2015

A couple embracing, their bodies entwined in elaborate robes. "The Kiss (Lovers)" is Gustav Klimt's most famous work. The artist finished the painting in 1908 and it's now widely considered a masterpiece of the early modern period and a symbol of Vienna Jugendstil.

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