The Virgin / The Virgins (Gustav Klimt)

The Virgin or The Virgins, Gustav Klimt

The Virgin (Die Jungfrau in German) is a oil on canvas of large dimensions, almost square: 190 cm high by 200 cm wide, painted in 1912-1913 by the painter Austrian Gustav Klimtis one of his last paintings. It is also known as The Young or The virgins. It is preserved in the art gallery of the National Museum in Prague.

It's a composition in a top-down view. Its circular format gives it great dynamism. There are several intertwined female bodies, some nude and others in Romanian-inspired dresses. In turn, these bodies are intertwined with decorative elements with which the bodies are intertwined: spirals, circles, flowers, ribbons. The faces of the girls are distinguishable: some asleep, others awake but drowsy. One of them stares out of the painting. The painting depicts various stages of the pre-adulthood stage of adult womanhood. Klimt uses sumptuous colours. The richness of the ornaments gives it an oriental air.

Normally Klimt's works created scandals and were criticized as "pornography" and evidence of being "excessively perverted". The works set Klimt up as a "pornographer".enfant terrible"for his anti-authoritarian and anti-populist views on art. He wrote: "If you can't please everyone with your works and your art, please please a few".

In Martí Arte you can find different reproductions of Gustav Klimt of high quality and in different sizes. We are experts in reproduction of works of art from different periods and styles. If you want to buy cheap oil canvases online, at our catalogue you will find what you need, as well as other reproductions in different materials.

Reproduction

Top quality materials: choose between Fine Art Opaque Matte 180 gr/m2 paper - 325 gr/m2 removable adhesive vinyl - Dibond (rigid aluminium composite board) or 390 gr/m2 cotton canvas.

Printing: Plotter of 12 pigmented inks with water base. Our printing technology

Protective coatings on all our reproductions on canvas. This layer protects against physical, chemical and ultraviolet rays aggressions. The varnish gives this product the best finish on the market. We apply the "facsimile" finish. with brush by handwhich gives relief to the brushstroke.

Frame for stretched canvas: we use spliced pine frame, with the edges decorated as a continuation of the painting itself. Edge thickness (depth) to choose 2, 3.5 or 4 cm.

Framing

In our artisan workshop we make sure that the frames are of the highest quality. All our mouldings are made of natural wood with different finishes.

Finishes:

• Film on paper: glass 2 mm. Táblex backside nailed and sealed with gummed paper.
• Canvas: Canvas glued on rigid. Nailed and sealed with gummed paper.

Attention: for transport security, our standard shipments accept framed artworks. with glass up to 70 cm larger side. Contact us if you are interested in larger sizes.