Gustav Klimt was born in Vienna, Austria and became famous for his decorative Art Nouveau style.

He got his start as an artist by doing large paintings on walls or ceilings of buildings, called murals.

He used a lot of gold in his artworks and his father was a craftsman that carved designs in gold metal.

He used a lot of patterns in his artworks, which usually covered the clothes of the people he painted.

In addition to painting people, he painted a lot of landscapes or pictures of nature.