Ernst Klimt
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Ernst Klimt (3 January 1864 in Vienna – 9 December 1892 in Vienna) was an Austrian history painter and decorative painter. He was a younger brother of the better-known artist Gustav Klimt.
Biography
He was the third of seven children born to the gold engraver, Ernst Klimt (1834–1892), originally from Bohemia, and was raised under very modest circumstances.
In 1877, aged only thirteen, he became a student at the
After Laufberger's death, in 1881 he, Gustav, and their friend from school,
In 1891, he married Helene Flöge (1871-1936), the sister of Gustav's friend,
He died unexpectedly, from an inflammation of the pericardium. Gustav took care of his wife and daughter and completed his unfinished paintings. His company was officially dissolved, but Gustav maintained professional contact with Matsch until 1900. He was interred at the Baumgartner Friedhof , next to his father, who had died only a few months earlier.
Sources
- "Klimt Ernst (Ernest)". In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Vol. 3, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1965, p. 408 f. (Direct links to "p. 408", "p. 409")
- Alfred Weidinger, ISBN 978-3-901508-33-2
- Alfred Weidinger: "Gedanken über die Gebrüder Klimt und die viktorianische Malerei." In: Schlafende Schönheit. Belvedere, Vienna 2010, pp. 113–124. ISBN 978-3-901508-83-7
External links
Media related to Ernst Klimt at Wikimedia Commons
- Entry for Ernst Klimt on the Union List of Artist Names