The Kiss by Gustav Klimt is one of the most recognized and reproduced paintings in the world. It is perhaps the most popular poster on student dorm walls from Beijing to Boston. Painted in Vienna ...

Image caption, The Kiss, Gustav Klimt, 1907-08, oil on canvas, The Artchives / Alamy Stock Photo Gustav Klimt often used patterns in his paintings and murals. The Kiss (1907-8) is composed of ...

Gustav Klimt often used patterns in his paintings and murals. The Kiss (1907-8) is composed of flat areas of irregular patterns. A repeating rectangle motif is used for the man’s body ...

The sitter posed for Klimt in nine visits to his Heitzing studio. Klimt, most known for "The Kiss," died on February 6, 1918. Small parts of the painting were left unfinished to his passing.