The enduring charm emanated by Klimt’s works is not the product of their alluring beauty alone but also of his close relationship with certain places in his life. Vienna, the city of Freud, Mahler and the young Schiele, and the capital of the Secession – the movement that best expressed the contradictions at the end of century – cultured, sparkling but torn apart. Ravenna where, in 1903, Klimt discovered its magnificent mosaics and Byzantine gold. Attersee, a favourite destination for his summer holidays, where the artist was inspired by the nature and the man was regenerated.
