<story><title>Gustav Klimt&apos;s Obsession with Gold</title><url>https://news.artnet.com/art-world-archives/gustav-klimt-gold-2543498</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>axegon_</author><text>As the son of two artists, both of whom never liked gold, Klimt is a strange breed: My parents have made a ton of murals, jam-packed with gold. Not because they wanted but because rich people(the type of people who want murals in their homes and can afford it) love it as an expression of their financial status. Both of them hated much of those murals and I can only name a handful of works they truly liked, at the end of the day, the customer is always right. And having seen much of their work(and taking some part on a few occasions circumstantially since I can&amp;#x27;t draw a single line to save my life), I completely agree with them. We have a word which roughly translates to mobbaroque in English. In almost all cases, this is exactly what it is.&lt;p&gt;Having said that, my mom specifically has a few favorite artists, Klimt being one of them. Over the years she&amp;#x27;s been asked to make dozens of Klimt replicas(The Kiss probably accounting for 80% of them) and she&amp;#x27;s loved doing all of them. I think Klimt is the only artist to successfully incorporate gold into his paintings without making them look obnoxious or ostentatious. Not only that but made them look incredible. Admittedly I never looked all that deep as to why he was &amp;quot;obsessed&amp;quot; with it.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mannyv</author><text>Mobbaroque -&amp;gt; Mob Baroque.&lt;p&gt;To me that&amp;#x27;s New York Italian, with lots of marble, gold, and extreme decor. It&amp;#x27;s a big marble tub with gold fixtures and maybe a couple of statues hanging around for good measure...in a marble&amp;#x2F;gold&amp;#x2F;mirrors bath.</text></comment>
<story><title>Gustav Klimt&apos;s Obsession with Gold</title><url>https://news.artnet.com/art-world-archives/gustav-klimt-gold-2543498</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>axegon_</author><text>As the son of two artists, both of whom never liked gold, Klimt is a strange breed: My parents have made a ton of murals, jam-packed with gold. Not because they wanted but because rich people(the type of people who want murals in their homes and can afford it) love it as an expression of their financial status. Both of them hated much of those murals and I can only name a handful of works they truly liked, at the end of the day, the customer is always right. And having seen much of their work(and taking some part on a few occasions circumstantially since I can&amp;#x27;t draw a single line to save my life), I completely agree with them. We have a word which roughly translates to mobbaroque in English. In almost all cases, this is exactly what it is.&lt;p&gt;Having said that, my mom specifically has a few favorite artists, Klimt being one of them. Over the years she&amp;#x27;s been asked to make dozens of Klimt replicas(The Kiss probably accounting for 80% of them) and she&amp;#x27;s loved doing all of them. I think Klimt is the only artist to successfully incorporate gold into his paintings without making them look obnoxious or ostentatious. Not only that but made them look incredible. Admittedly I never looked all that deep as to why he was &amp;quot;obsessed&amp;quot; with it.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Daub</author><text>You may appreciate the following anecdote about Picasso. He was offered a lot of money to make a sculpture entirely in hold. His response was ‘Great! I will paint it black!’.</text></comment>