The Tree of Life
Gustav Klimt, 1909
For now, just to look at
The photograph we have of this work is not sharp enough to print at the quality we want, so we are not selling it for now. We are looking for a better one.
About the work
- Artist
- Gustav Klimt
- Date
- 1909
- Medium
- Not confirmed with certainty: sources consulted differ (the Spanish-language Wikipedia describes it as oil on canvas; other sources cite it as cartoon/preparatory drawing on panel). The exact medium could not be confirmed on the museum's own website.
- Dimensions
- Las fuentes dan cifras ligeramente distintas: 195 x 102 cm según Wikipedia en inglés y Wikimedia Commons; 200 x 102 cm según Wikipedia en español.
- Collection
- MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna
- Reference
- XDV-1937
What the museum label doesn't tell you
The composition has had a cultural influence well beyond Klimt's own time: it inspired both the façade of a 21-storey university residence in Boston ('Tree House') and the roughly 140 illuminated metal trees installed in Managua, Nicaragua, since 2013.
